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22 reviews
Enid Bagnold

Mammoth, 1992

still a favorite after 30 years
I received this book when I was 9, loved it immediately, and kept it on my bookshelf always. I'm almost 40 now and just reread it (it's one of my "comfort" books) and was once again blown away by the beauty and astonishing metaphors of Bagnold's prose. She is a lovely writer. I wish I could write as well as her. Our window into the Brown family is clear and uncluttered; we get to watch as the ...

National Velvet
Enid Bagnold

William Morrow & Co., 1965

One of the most popular horse stories ever written. Velvet Brown, a girl whose passion in life was horses. When she won a notorious and unwanted piebald in a village lottery, Velvet began to dream. And, since the breathless imagination of youth sees no obstacles as insuperable, Velvet's thoughts turned to the greatest race in the world-the Grand National. Edition features illustrations by Paul Brown, famous for his drawings and paintings of ...

National Velvet (Junior Deluxe Editions)
Enid Bagnold

William Morrow & Company, 1958

Classic story about 14-year-old English teen Velvet Brown and Piebald, her championship horse.

Alice and Thomas and Jane
Enid Bagnold

William Heinemann Ltd London, 1960

"National Velvet", third printing
Enid Bagnold

William Morrow and Company, 1935

William Morrow Book-of-the-Month Club Selection for May, 1935; 303 pages

National Velvet
Enid Bagnold

scholastic, 1953

Children's Classic about teenager Velvet who chops off her hair, dons jockey's clothes, and enters the world's toughest steeplechase. This is the story that made Elizabeth Taylor a teenage screen star.