The Borrowers Afield

The Borrowers Afield
	First edition (UK)
Author	Mary Norton
Illustrator	Diana L. Stanley (UK) ; Beth and Joe Krush (US)
Language	English
Series	The Borrowers
Genre	Fantasy children's novel
Published	1955 (J. M. Dent, UK; Harcourt, Brace, US)
Publication place	United Kingdom
Pages	193pp (UK); 215pp (US)
LC Class	PZ7.N8248 Bi 1955
Preceded by	The Borrowers
Followed by	The Borrowers Afloat

The Borrowers Afield is a children's fantasy novel by Mary Norton, published in 1955 by Dent in the UK and Harcourt in the US. It was the second of five books in a series that is usually called The Borrowers, inaugurated by The Borrowers in 1952.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Kate is looking at a cottage with her aunt Mrs May. Kate learns that the present tenant Tom Goodenough knows Arrietty Clock, a tiny "Borrower" also known to Mrs May's brother. Tom relates the troubles of Arrietty and her parents. Driven from their home in an old English house, unable to track down their relatives, they live in an old boot.

Spiller, a mysterious wild Borrower, brings meat and saves Arrietty from a dog attack. Although everything outdoors — cows, moths, field mice, cold weather — endangers the Borrowers' lives, they learn to survive in the wild. One night, a Romani Mild Eye finds his lost boot and brings the Clocks back to his caravan. Tom and Spiller rescue the Clocks. In their new home with Tom, they find their long-lost relatives. In Tom, Arrietty finds a good friend and ally.

Characters

Borrowers

Arrietty Clock, fourteen-year-old spirited daughter
Pod Clock, father
Homily Clock, mother
Spiller, a wild Borrower

Human beans or "Big people"

May
Kate
Tom Goodenough, tenant
Mild Eye
Gypsy

Adaptations

The Borrowers (TV miniseries)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Borrowers afield" (U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
^ ^a ^b The Borrowers series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2013-09-20.
^ "Mary Norton Bibliography: A Collectors Reference Guide: UK First Edition Books". Bookseller World. Retrieved 2013-09-20.

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[LCCus-1] "The Borrowers afield" (U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2013-09-20.

[isfdb-2] The Borrowers series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2013-09-20.

[bookseller-3] "Mary Norton Bibliography: A Collectors Reference Guide: UK First Edition Books". Bookseller World. Retrieved 2013-09-20.

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Novels	The Borrowers The Borrowers Afield The Borrowers Afloat The Borrowers Aloft The Borrowers Avenged
Adaptations	The Borrowers (1973) The Borrowers (TV) (1992) The Return of the Borrowers (1993) The Borrowers (1997) Arrietty (2010) The Borrowers (2011)