Austere Borrowing: Mary Norton in the Austerity Years.
The Borrowers, originally published in 1952, was Mary Norton’s next and best known foray into fantasy after the Bedknobs and Broomsticks collection. What is remarkable about the Borrowers is that they do not show the distinctly paranoid society of Bedknobs and Broomsticks but one where the society of normal people is one where they need [...]