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Краткое содержание: Алая роза и тигровая лилия
- Чтение: 8 мин.
- 10 parts
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A girl in a paint-stained dress sets out to save a family's ancestral home from strangers.
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Алая роза и тигровая лилия — кратко о книге
Краткое содержание: 8 min на чтение
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- Длительность
- Слов: 73 300
- Уровень в библиотеке
- Средний longer sentences, everyday words
- Первая публикация
- 1894by Л. Т. Мид
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Алая роза и тигровая лилия in short
Red Rose and Tiger Lily follows two households in the English countryside through one eventful summer. At the Grange, Hester keeps house for a cold father while her small sister Nan fights against rules. At the Towers, the Lorrimer children live happily in an old house that is quietly sinking into debt.
What Алая роза и тигровая лилия is about
What happens when a house run on order and quiet meets a child who loves noise, and a girl who acts first and thinks later? Red Rose and Tiger Lily opens on a summer evening at the Grange, an English country house, where seventeen-year-old Hester Thornton waits on the drive for her little sister.
L. T. Meade wrote this story for girl readers in the late Victorian years. It follows Hester, her golden-haired sister Nan, their lively friend Annie Forest, and the Lorrimer family of the Towers, rich in pets but poor in money. You get the whole story in plain steps, from the homecoming to the arrival of Antonia, an untidy art student who sets out to change other people's fortunes.
Для кого. You will love this if you enjoy warm Victorian family stories, school friendships, houses full of pets and quarrels, and cheerful girls who make mistakes and mend them.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A Summer Homecoming at the Grange
Hester Thornton stands on the drive listening for carriage wheels. Her father, Sir John, is a cold, orderly man who dislikes surprises. He tells her plainly that he dreads Nan's return. Nan is eight, and in his eyes she is noise and disorder.
Then the carriage arrives, and out springs Nan with Annie Forest, Hester's friend from school, who was not due until the next day. Nan has fluffy golden hair and a fearless belief that the world loves her. Annie is older, bright with mood and movement, and so lovely that Hester looks at her with open admiration.
Upstairs, Nan's old nurse, Mrs. Martin, lets slip that she feared Sir John might bring home a new wife. Nan hears the word stepmother and decides on the spot that she would hate one. She goes down to supper quietly, with trouble beginning to dim her eyes.
A careless word at the right moment can shape what a child expects for months.
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Nan and Her Father Cannot Understand Each Other
At supper, Nan studies her father's face and says she is glad he looks so old.
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The Lorrimers and the Sold Colts
The story then crosses two miles to the Towers, an old house with a castle-like tower, home to Squire Lorrimer, his gentle wife and their ten children.
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Annie's Kind Rescue Goes Wrong
At Friar's Wood, the picnic party finally notices that Boris is missing.
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The Fall in Friar's Wood and Its Cost
Nora lies on her back in the wood, white and in pain, from a fall of nearly twenty feet.
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The Diamond Ring and the Secret Dresses
Annie promises Nora three cambric dresses.
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The Fancy Ball and a Face at the Window
The week before the birthday is full of bustle.
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Two Households Turned Upside Down
The next morning Mrs. Lorrimer's letter ends the suspense.
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Antonia Takes Aim
Antonia arrives with her mother and Susy on a Saturday.
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How the Story Is Told and What It Means
Meade tells the story in a warm, direct voice, often stepping in to comment on her characters.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Hester Thornton The steady seventeen-year-old who runs her father's house and keeps her feelings hidden, and who dreads a stepmother taking her mother's place.
- Nan Thornton Hester's eight-year-old sister, golden-haired and fearless, who cannot be seen and not heard, and who vows to hate any stepmother.
- Annie Forest Hester's beautiful, impulsive school friend who makes kind gestures without thinking them through, and then struggles with a secret she cannot confess.
- Sir John Thornton The cold, orderly father who dislikes fuss and plans to marry again.
- Molly Lorrimer The practical eldest Lorrimer girl, a steady rock for her family, who fears for her father and the future of the Towers.
- Nell Lorrimer A dreamy, sensitive child called the ugly duckling, who loves animals and feels her father's sorrow more than anyone.
- Antonia Bernard Temple A blunt, untidy art student who believes her only gift is getting her own way, and who takes up the Lorrimers' cause.
- Jane Macalister The Lorrimer governess, strict in lessons, tireless in every other duty, and fiercely loyal to the family and the Towers.
How it ends (spoiler)
Antonia's plan works. Sir John, moved by her passionate appeal, lends Squire Lorrimer enough money on easy terms to keep the Towers. Mr. Drummond is glad to leave the bargain. The squire, restored, tells his family the news on the path to the Grange, and cries God bless Antonia. Annie confesses the matter of the ring to Mrs. Willis and is forgiven. Antonia, asked to come and be thanked, stays behind to paint dock leaves.
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Вопросы о книге Алая роза и тигровая лилия
What is Red Rose and Tiger Lily about?
It follows two English families, the Thorntons of the Grange and the Lorrimers of the Towers, through a summer of picnics, a fancy-dress ball, a broken promise and bad news, while an eccentric girl named Antonia steps in to help.
Who are Red Rose and Tiger Lily in the book?
The red rose is Annie Forest, a pretty, tactful and impulsive schoolgirl. The tiger lily is Antonia Bernard Temple, an untidy, forceful art student who thinks of herself as fierce. They are two very different kinds of girl.
Do I need to read A World of Girls first?
No. The narrator briefly explains Annie Forest's earlier story, so the book can be enjoyed on its own. It continues the stories of characters from A World of Girls, but explains their background so that it stands by itself.
When was Red Rose and Tiger Lily written and is it a true story?
L. T. Meade, who died in 1914, wrote it in the Victorian era as fiction for girls. The characters and events are invented, though it shows real details of country houses, estates and middle-class life of its day.
Is Red Rose and Tiger Lily easy to read?
It has short chapters, lively dialogue and clear scenes. Each character speaks in a recognisable voice, and the plot moves through picnics, a ball and family surprises that are easy to follow.
Как сослаться на это издание
Meade, L. T. Red Rose and Tiger Lily. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/red-rose-and-tiger-lily.
Meade, L. T. (2026). Red Rose and Tiger Lily. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/red-rose-and-tiger-lily (Original work published 1894)
Meade, L. T. Red Rose and Tiger Lily. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/red-rose-and-tiger-lily.
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note = {First published 1894}
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