- Downloads
- Under 100
- Pages
- 323
About this book
A lonely boy watches a young garden worker from his window, feeling irritation and envy at the same time. The worker pulls weeds, performs handstands and climbs fruit trees, turning ordinary labour into a display for his spectator. In George Manville Fenn's children's novel, the garden itself receives close attention: onion beds, flowering pear trees, currant bushes and ripening plums make a vivid setting for the boys' uneasy interest in each other.
The narrator, Grant, later talks with old Ike about wanting to grow up and deciding to tell Mr Brownsmith about trouble he has faced. Brownsmith also urges him to take pride in learning to be a gardener. These conversations place honesty, work and companionship beside the boys' quarrels and misunderstandings.
About the author
More from this genre
See all- O Outcast RobinOutcast Robin
- P Poppy Ott and the Galloping SnailPoppy Ott and the Galloping Snail
- F The Four Corners in CampThe Four Corners in Camp
- L Lily's birthdayLily's birthday
- H Halsey & CoHalsey & Co
- P Pretty Polly PerkinsPretty Polly Perkins
Books like this one
Discussion
No comments yet. Share a thought, a question or a favourite passage.
Copyright concern? Read our DMCA policy
Read or download
Public domain book This work is in the public domain and free of copyright. Anyone may read, download and share it.
- EPUB 420 KB
-
KINDLE Send to Kindle Send
- Download the EPUB file to this device.
- Open Amazon's Send to Kindle page, sign in, and add the file. Open Send to Kindle (opens in a new tab)
On a phone: open the downloaded EPUB and share it to the Kindle app.
You can also email the file to your Kindle address (it ends in @kindle.com) from an email address you approved in your Amazon account.
- PDF 1.6 MB
Downloads start right away. How to open EPUB on your phone
Book facts
- Author
- George Manville Fenn
- Reading time
- About 8 hours
- Pages
- 323
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online