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Downton Tabby
by Kelly, Chris
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 1476765936
- ISBN 13
- 9781476765938
- Seller
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Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster. Used - Good.
Synopsis
A parody of the worldwide television phenomenon Downton Abbey , with cats. Downton Tabby is about EnglandâÈçs oldest and finest family of cats in people clothes. With beautiful (and scandalous) photographs and art, it tells the story of their lives and lovesâÈ'and their maids and butlers and cooksâÈç lives and lovesâÈ'from the sinking of the Kitanic to the Jazz Age. TolstoyâÈçs adage about each family being unhappy in their own way? What makes the Grimalkins different is theyâÈçre cats. Posh, spoiled, stuck-up-but-charming, English cats. Okay, itâÈçs not just about cats and class warfare. ItâÈçs also a parody of Downton Abbey , the phenomenally popular TV show where everyoneâÈçs always getting dressed. Or theyâÈçre already dressed, and theyâÈçre getting more dressed. While it makes affectionate fun of Downton Abbey, it makes a broader humorous point: We treat our cats like high society. Their servants are us. If you live with a cat, the butler, maid, and cook is you . ItâÈçs our catsâÈç world. We just lint-roll it. So itâÈçs for fans of the show, and people who put up with fans of the show, and also for people whoâÈçve ever caught themselves getting emotionally involved in their catâÈçs social life, and whether or not some cold cuts would cheer her up. Why is this a book about Edwardian manor life, acted out by cats? The real question is why arenâÈçt there more?
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Details
- Bookseller
- More Than Words Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOS-N-13i-01188
- Title
- Downton Tabby
- Author
- Kelly, Chris
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 1476765936
- ISBN 13
- 9781476765938
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2013-12-03
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
More Than Words Inc.
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Waltham, Massachusetts
About More Than Words Inc.
More Than Words empowers youth who are in foster care, court-involved, homeless or out of school to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. MTW believes that when system-involved youth are challenged with authentic and increasing responsibilities in a business setting, and are given high expectations and a culture of support, they can and will address personal barriers to success, create concrete action plans for their lives, and become contributing members of society. More Than Words began as an online bookselling training program for youth in DCF custody in 2004 and opened its vibrant bookstore on Moody St in Waltham in 2005 and added its Starbucks coffee bar in 2008. MTW replicated its model in the South End of Boston in 2011, thereby doubling the number of youth served annually.
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