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The Borrowers Avenged

core novel 1982 The Borrowers

Record

First published1982
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating3.95 (2,902 ratings, collected 2026-09-06)
Page count298
First-edition ISBN9780152047313
Internal chronology5

Synopsis

Having escaped their captors the Platters, the Clock family relocates to a quiet English village centered on a church rectory, where they reunite with relatives Hendreary, Lupy and young Timmus and meet Peagreen Overmantel, an artistic local Borrower who becomes a new ally. Settling into their new surroundings, the family tries to establish a lasting home while remaining alert to the Platters, who have not given up their pursuit and use a discarded apron of Homily's as a clue in their search. The scheming couple enlist the help of a local woman known as a finder, Lady Mullings, to try to track the family down, keeping the threat of exposure alive even as the Clocks attempt to settle in. Throughout, the family works to keep their existence hidden from most of the village's human residents, even as their kind friend Miss Menzies grows increasingly suspicious of the truth.

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Notes

  • From the series record (The Borrowers): Core Canon = all 5 Borrowers novels, a single continuous closed sequence published 1952-1982.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

  • Reading order, within the series The Borrowers: position 5 of 5: previous The Borrowers Aloft (1961)

Sources

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