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Readers who love old-fashioned fantasy, comic talk, sea songs and pirate islands, and anyone who enjoys a child's wonder told with warmth and wit. It suits families who like to read aloud together.
Che cos’è questo libro
The Old Tobacco Shop is a children's fantasy by William Bowen, an American writer who died in 1937. It begins on an ordinary city street in the days of horse cars and gaslight. Then it sails to a ship, a raft and a pirate island. A small boy named Freddie is told to hurry, and he does not. You get comic talk, sea songs, pirates, and a gentle ache under the fun.
In questo riassunto
- 1A boy, a wooden man, and magic tobaccoFree
- 2Growing up, a theater, and temptation
- 3A pipe, a sailor, and a map
- 4The promise of Correction Island
- 5The Sieve sails and sinks
- 6Down the waterfall to the pirates
- 7High Dudgeon, Low Dudgeon, and the daft committee
- 8The City of Towers and a strange shop
- 9What the story is really about
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A boy, a wooden man, and magic tobacco
Freddie is sent to buy a half pound of pipe tobacco for his father. He is told to hurry, and he forgets at once. Outside the shop he stares at a wooden figure called Mr. Punch, a hunchbacked little man holding out black wooden cigars.
A living shopkeeper steps out who looks much like the figure. He is Toby Littleback, and he has a hump of his own. Freddie clings to Toby's coat, and the man's body shakes, though his face stays solemn.
Inside, Freddie meets Toby's aunt Amanda, thin and sharp, with pins in her bodice and in her mouth. Toby points to a white jar on the shelf. It holds magic tobacco stolen by a sailor from a sorcerer, and Freddie must never smoke it. Of course the warning does what warnings do.
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Questions about La vecchia tabaccheria
What is The Old Tobacco Shop about?
A small boy named Freddie is sent to buy pipe tobacco and discovers a shop full of magic. He meets a hunchbacked shopkeeper, a sailor from China and pirates, and he follows a map to an island that promises to correct life's mistakes.
Who is Mr. Punch in The Old Tobacco Shop?
Mr. Punch is a wooden figure who stands by the shop door holding a packet of cigars. Toby says that his father lives behind the church clock and calls him up when the two hands meet.
What is the Odour of Sanctity?
It is a sharp-smelling perfume the Churchwarden carries in a small bottle. A few drops make wicked spirits, such as imps and pirates, freeze, fade and disappear, though it does no harm to ordinary people.
Is The Old Tobacco Shop easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that matters. The chapters are short, the story moves from scene to scene with lively talk, and each character has a voice that is easy to follow, so it reads well aloud.
What is Correction Island?
Correction Island is the place marked on a map given to Freddie. The writing on it promises that anyone who comes there will have his errors, troubles and losses corrected, from a crooked back to a lack of love.