Matilda
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- USD 10.99
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- USD 10.99
Descripción editorial
O pai da Matilda acha que a filha não é mais do que uma crosta. A mãe passa o tempo a jogar bingo e a ver televisão. A stôra Docemel é a única que vê o potencial da menina. A Sra. Partetudo, diretora da Escola Tiraniza, julga todos os alunos burros e fecha-os dentro da Pildra. E a Matilda… é uma menina dotada de uma grande inteligência, que se cansou do comportamento idiota dos adultos e vai ensinar-lhes uma grande lição!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Matilda is an extraordinarily gifted four-year-old whose parentsa crass, dishonest used-car dealer and a self-centered, blowsy bingo addictregard her as ``nothing more than a scab.'' Life with her beastly parents is bearable only because Matilda teaches herself to read, finds the public library, and discovers literature. Also, Matilda loves using her lively intelligence to perpetrate daring acts of revenge on her father. This pastime she further develops when she enrolls in Crunchem Hall Primary School, whose headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, is ``a fierce tyrannical monster . . . .'' Adults may cringe at Dahl's excesses in describing the cruel Miss Trunchbull, as well as his reliance on overextended characterization at the expense of plot development. Children, however, with their keenly developed sense of justice, will relish the absolutes of stupidity, greed, evil and might versus intelligence, courage and goodness. They also will sail happily through the contrived, implausible ending. Dahl's phenomenal popularity among children speaks for his breathless storytelling charms; his fans won't be disappointed by Matilda. Blake's droll pen-and-ink sketches extend the exaggerated humor. Ages 9-11.
