#mistress masham's repose

[princess-ibri]

Disney was going to adapt another TH White novel called Mistress Masham's Repose where a girl escape an orphanage and found Lilliputians. They cancelled it because they don’t want it to flop and they found its plot similar to The Rescuers. So it exist in the DisneyVerse? There is concept art:

I've heard of this before yeah! I don't know if it would exist in my DisneyVerse, I'd like to find the original book somewhere and read it so I can get a better feel for the plot before I decide. But the concept art does look fun!

[very-grownup]

She got hold of him by one leg, but Maria charged at the same instant and bit another finger till she felt the flesh turn on the bone.

Mistress Masham’s Repose, T.H. White

[gtbutterfly]

Update on the really old GT book I've been reading,

For some reason, it keeps implying that a tiny being in a giants hands is "silly" and "babyish" and "humiliating" and I don't know if I should be offended or feel called out.

[thenewnio]

Miss Masham’s Repose (A sequel to the Fleischer brothers’ Gulliver’s Travels)

10-year-old Maria moves to the New England estate of Malplaquet Hall with her foster mother, Mrs. Noakes. Her neighbors are the retired Professor Pittman, local boy Marc Gordon, the snobbish Veronica Brown and the banker Zeke Hatter. The bored, friendless Maria tries to make herself useful through chores, but repeatedly messes up. Later, she investigates Miss Masham’s Repose, a forgotten island in a nearby lake called the Quincunx. While exploring, Maria gets a glimpse of Gibby, a miniature girl, who flees upon seeing the “giant”. Gibby tries to tell Lala, the president of Miss Masham’s Repose, but Lala, certain that their society may never be discovered by the “big folk”, tries to reassure her. Meanwhile, Maria is told by Pittman that she needs proof of the little people’s existence. The next day, she returns to the island, this time with a Polaroid camera. Upon seeing Maria again, Gibby attempts to scare her off the island, only to fall into Maria’s backpack and be knocked unconscious. Having had no apparent success, Maria returns to Malplaquet Hall. In Maria’s room, Gibby awakens and is discovered by Maria, who takes her to Pittman as living proof. As Gibby tries to escape, she is attacked by the cat Humphrey, but Maria saves her. As Maria and Gibby argue, Pittman consults the historical records of Miss Masham’s Repose and comes across the journal of Captain John Biddel, the rescuer of Lemuel Gulliver and former owner of Malplaquet Hall, who found a miniature sailing ship carrying pioneers from the islands of Lilliput and Blefuscu, bringing them to live on Miss Masham’s Repose in safety. Pittman convinces Maria to return Gibby to the island, where the inhabitants are at first wary of the “giant” girl’s presence. However, Maria manages to convince them of her good will by giving them items taken from her old dollhouse. In return they give Maria gifts of gold coins as well. As Maria continues to visit Miss Masham’s Repose, Veronica becomes suspicious upon seeing the coins. After failing to bribe Maria into divulging where she got them, she persuades Mrs. Noakes into revealing the girl’s visits to Miss Masham’s Repose. Seeking the “treasure”, Veronica and Hatter trick Marc into distracting Maria while they head to the island before her. Upon hearing Marc mention the two and realizing what is happening, Maria hurries with him to Miss Masham’s Repose, but Veronica and Hatter have already kidnapped Gibby. They also destroy the children’s boat, stranding them on the island, but two residents of Miss Masham’s Repose, twins Snake and Snipe, reveal their earlier find of the ship which their ancestors used, which they and the children fix up to sail back to the mainland. Meanwhile, Veronica and Hatter plan to exploit the "miniatures” for profit, while Gibby manages to escape from the jar imprisoning her, meeting up with the twins and informing Pittman. Maria and Marc are caught by Veronica and Hatter, who lock them in the basement, but Gibby and the twins find and release them. Together, they ambush Veronica and Hatter, but are overpowered. Just as the antagonists are about to recapture Gibby and the twins, Lala arrives with an army of little people who subdue them, delivering a warning to them on behalf of their people. They disappear as Pittman arrives with the police. Veronica and Hatter are arrested for kidnapping and wrongful imprisonment, and the children and Pittman introduce Mrs. Noakes to the inhabitants of Miss Masham’s Repose. They help the little people clean up the island, promising to protect them and keep their society a secret.

[fictionadventurer]

Details:

1940s Hans Christian Andersen shorts: Intended as animated segments within a live-action film about the author's life, these would have adapted The Little Mermaid, The Fir Tree, Through the Picture Frame, The Emperor's Nightingale, and The Steadfast Tin Soldier. (Yes, I know we got adaptations of several of these, but I still want to share the concept art for old versions).

Gremlins: A film they worked on a lot during WWII but couldn't crack the story (or find money to make it)

Don Quixote: They tried to adapt the story in various ways in the '40s, '50s, and '00s, which is too long to get into here, but it led to some interesting concept art.

Chanticleer: A story about an arrogant rooster who thought his crow made the sun rise, and used this to rule over the other farmyard animals. Reynard the Fox was a villain who tried to take advantage of the discontent in the farm animals to take over as their leader (with plans to eat them), which leads to Chanticleer saving them and learning humility. Work started on it in the 1940s, and it was so close to being made in the 1960s, but they decided to go with The Sword in the Stone instead. Some of the animators loved it, though, and some of the character concepts were later adapted into Robin Hood.

Catfish Bend: I haven't found much about the story beyond "talking animals in the South", but the concept art intrigues me. It would have been released in 1981, but after it was shelved, some of the concepts went on to inspire The Rescuers.

Mistress Masham's Repose: An adaptation of T.H. White's novel, pitched in the late 1980s

Fraidy Cat: 2009 film about a pampered housecat named Oscar who is falsely accused of kidnapping another pet and has to team up with a cockatoo and try to find the real culprit to clear his name. Shelved because they figured kids and general audiences wouldn't understand the Hitchcock references (which seems like a terrible reason, but alas).

King of the Elves: Announced in 2009, it was a 3D animated film scheduled for 2012, before being shelved in 2016. Adapted from a Philip K. Dick story, it was about an ordinary man who saves some elves from a troll and (apparently reluctantly) gets declared their king.

Gigantic: A retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk set during the Spanish exploration, it involves Jack meeting an 11-year-old female giant who treats him like a doll, and eventually fighting much larger Storm Giants. Would have had songs written by the team from Frozen and was set to be released in 2018, then moved to 2020 before being cancelled because apparently they couldn't figure out the story.

[the-forest-library]

How many of the books mentioned in Robin McKinley's A Knot in the Grain have you read?

The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Mistress Masham's Repose by T.H. White

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

The Borrowers by Mary Norton

*reblog for science*

[anisethefiaadmin]

Chapter 4 of Mistress Masham’s Repose is UP! A cookie from chapter 4:

“What is it, Father?” he asked, taking a deep breath, assuming his most erect posture. 

“News that I am not happy to hear,” Lucius replied. 

How could that possibly lead to anything good? Unless he means that Eltanin has refused to help him, Rastaban is avoiding the situation, and… and perhaps he needs me. But his father’s next words removed all doubt

“You have been seen with Ginny Weasley,” said Lucius. “At Hogwarts.” 

Draco licked his suddenly dry lips. “Ginny Weasley?”

“Yes, Ginny Weasley,” said Lucius. “Pray do not oblige me to repeat myself again. You met privately at Hogwarts this past year, more than once. What do you have to say to this?”

[myravingsanity]

"A Sort of Melancholy": Some Notes on The Witch in the Wood

Kat’s T.H. White shelf, including: The Witch in the Wood, The Once and Future King, The Book of Merlyn, The Book of Beasts, England Have My Bones, Letters to a Friend, and Mistress Masham’s Repose. “The land of Lothian and Orkney lies in the northern latitudes. It is a country of bog and mountain, where the wind whistles all day, and at night the turf fires glow with small flames in a kind of…

[readingdiary]

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NOTES 16/3/24 - MISTRESS MASHAM’S REPOSE - T.H. WHITE

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[its-suanneschafer-author]

BOOK REVIEW: An oldie but goodie: #MistressMashamsRepose by #THWhite. A lovely story with good ethics and humor for younger YA readers. 

[quoteoftheweekblog]

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18/3/24 - T.H. WHITE

'She had dark hair in two pig-tails, and brown eyes ... ' (White, 2014, p.1).

REFERENCE

White, T. H. (2014 [1946] ) 'Mistress Masham's Repose'. London: Vintage.

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I HAVE FAIR (GREY) HAIR AND BLUE EYES

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AND AM RECOVERING FROM SEBORRHOEIC DERMATITIS

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TO MY FRIEND FOR GIVING ME THIS BOOK BIRTHDAY 2024

AND FOR TELLING ME THAT I LOOK LIKE

THE WITCH OF ENDOR

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BOTH OF WHICH REALLY CHEERED ME UP

AND THANKS AGAIN

XXXX

PLUS

TO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR THEIR GOOD WISHES FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY

ALL OF WHICH REALLY CHEERED ME UP

AND THANKS AGAIN

XXXX

DURING

DIRE TIMES

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SEE ALSO

‘ … in the golden sunrise … ‘ (White, 2014, p.299).

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NOT EXACTLY

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THE SUN ROSE TODAY IN BASINGSTOKE AT 06.10

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‘The sun was setting a blaze of scarlet … ‘ (White, 2014, p.300).

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NOT EXACTLY

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AND SET AT 18.15

ON WEDNESDAY’S VERNAL EQUINOX THE SUN WILL RISE AT 06.06 AND WILL SET AT 18.19

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ALL SEASONS

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FOR MY HUSBAND

WHO WOULD HAVE ENJOYED THIS ONE

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LOOKING GOOD

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TAYLOR ALERT 2024 - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT!!!!

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COUNTDOWN TO TAYLOR … ONLY 32 DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE RELEASE OF TAYLOR SWIFT’S NEW ALBUM THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT ON 19 APRIL

FOR EVERMORE AND MORE EXPOSURE

TAYLOR ALERT!!!!

***** QUOTE OF THE WEEK 2011 - 2024

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11 EPIC YEARS

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FROM THE ARCHIVE

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12/6/23

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[very-grownup]

Miss Brown had been Mr. Hater's matron at the public school. She must have had some mysterious hold over him, for it seems impossible that he would have chosen her freely, considering what she was. Her nose was sharp and pinched, with a high bridge, but the rest of her was podgy. When she sat down, she spread, as a toad does on one's hand. Her eyes were pebble-colored and her hair was yellow. It was drawn in a tight bun. She wore rimless pince-nez. She was about the same as the Vicar, but a good deal shorter. She was cruel in a complicated way. For instance, when Maria's last uncle had been alive, he had sometimes remembered to send the child of a box of chocolates for Christmas. Miss Brown's arrangements for any such parcel had usually been fixed in stages. First, Maria had not been allowed to open it when it came, "in case it had germs." It had been sent down to the kitchen to be baked. Then Maria had been sent for, to the Northwest Drawing Room, in which Miss Brown resided, and the ruined parcel had been placed before her to be undone. The next step had been to claim that Maria had dirty hands, untruly, and to send her back to the kitchen, a ten minutes' walk, to wash them. When she had got back at last, agog with expectation, and the poor melted chocolates had been unstuck from the brown paper, Miss Brown used to condemn them as improperly packaged and throw them into the nearest lake with her own fair fingers "for fear they would make the child ill".

Mistress Masham’s Repose, T.H. White

[snarkymonkeyprime]

I'm amused. :D

[thenewnio]

A G/T story idea: The Hoblies

After Lemuel Gulliver’s famous adventures, scholars and scientists tried to find the worlds he visited for themselves. By the time both Lilliput and Blefuscu’s locations were finally discovered in the early 90s, all that was left were old ruins and miniature animals just like the ones Gulliver imported to the outside world; the tiny folk were long gone, having either died out or departed the two islands to explore the world. In the modern day, Lilliput and Blefuscu are now popular tourist destinations, and rumors of Lilliputian/Blefuscuian descendants secretly living among us are something of an internet legend, with purported sightings of tiny humans occasionally being posted online. One day, young Martha Witt notices strange things happening in her family’s new home. At first, being a paranormal buff, she chalks it up to poltergeist activity, only to discover that the truth is anything but ghostly when she succeeds in making contact with the true culprit, a young “hobli” of Lilliputian descent named Gali. Their meeting and newfound friendship is just the beginning of a wild series of events which will forever change the lives and world views of both of their respective societies.

[moxieestar]

2022 recap! (I made it through this year???) Thank you @ttoshaaa for tagging me!! <3

Top 3 films:

A Passage to India (1984) dir. David Lean — my favorite film. I even wrote an essay about it for my English class last year! It's such an amazing piece of art: the crisp editing, the symbolism, the way Lean managed to translate the book for the screen. 11/10

The Age of Innocence (1993) dir. Martin Scorsese — I've really turned into a bit of a pretentious film bro, haven't I? Oops. Anyway, The Age of Innocence, like Passage, is based on a classic 20th century novel. The sets and costumes are of course amazing but what really stuck with me was the directing (which makes sense; it's Marty, after all). 10/10

The Leopard (1963) dir. Luchino Visconti — another novel adaptation (I'm noticing a theme here...), this one based on a story about a family of fading aristocrats set during the Italian Risorgimento. I'd actually like to rewatch this one, because I think there are a lot of layers to it that weren't apparent to me the first time around (and also because Visconti allegedly made his films to be watched "two, three times"). 10/10

Honorable mention for David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia... but I don't think I have to describe that one; its reputation proceeds it :)

Top 3 books:

Not even sure I read three books this year.

Mistress Masham's Repose by T. H. White — this was a reread, but it proved just as delightful as the first time. It's a satire of Gulliver's Travels (and it's much better than the original...). 10/10

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton — I actually have a lot of issues with Wharton's writing, but compared to the other books I read this year, it's pretty solid. The movie is better, though. Sorry. 8/10

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery — another reread. I had forgotten just how lovely this book is. Everyone should read this. 11/10

Honorable mention for Anna Karenina, which I've been reading since, um, 2020. I'm currently reading Maurice and making despicably slow progress, because I keep getting distracted by my research. Oops.

Top 3 biggest improvements:

I rewrote my novel. I don't talk about this a lot on here (or at least I try not to), but it's something I'm really proud of, and it took a ton of fortitude to learn to accept the criticisms I'd received. And now the second draft, even in its (very) unfinished state, is so much better than the first.

I got into college!!!! Somehow!!!

I made my first film! (And I also did a ton of video editing and just hit 1k on YouTube, which I know is relatively nothing, but it's super exciting to me nonetheless!)

Top 3 resolutions:

Finish my novel :')

Make another film

Take better care of my health

Favorite song:

Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor. Yes, really. Honorable mention for Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor.

Favorite quote:

From a poem by Frank Bidart. Honorable mention to this quote from A Room with a View by E. M. Forster that's been my bio on Discord for... gosh, over a year now:

It isn't possible to love and part. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.

This was so fun! It's hard to believe that I made it through this year (well, almost) in one piece.

Tagging @addamii @boudicca @loonful @currentlycryingaboutlancelot and @nizynskis <3

[booksformks]

Book Review: Mistress Masham's Repose

Book Review: Mistress Masham’s Repose

Mistress Masham’s Reposeby T.H. White, Fritz Eichenberg (Illustrator)4 out of 5 starsDelightful book!!Rereading it for the second or third time, I have enjoyed it just as much as the first time.Orphaned Maria lives in a crumbling old palace that her ancestors built on an extensive estate full of gardens and obelisks and temples and monuments. But there is no money to repair the palace, and she…