![]() ![]() Eloise in Paris (1957) and Eloise in Moscow (1959) saw the city child wreaking havoc in other world capitals, while Eloise at Christmastime (1958) detailed her holiday fun atop the Plaza.īut author Kay Thompson withdrew the three later books from the market in the mid-1960s. Kay Thompson's Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown-Ups was published in 1955 and quickly followed by three sequels. The Eloise books have been scarce for more than thirty years. Eloise observes that, "Everybody can see what everybody's doing in Moscow," and that Russians "stand in line for absolutely everything." Zhenka, their official tour guide, escorts them with military efficiency, and careful readers will spot a fur-coated spy on each page. The book is peppered with references to the lack of privacy and inconveniences of life in Communist Russia. ![]() After attending performances of the Bolshoi ballet, she does her own "rawther unusual" ballet in the street with three aged sweepers. She visits Moscow's famous marble-and-tile subways and peeps through hotel room keyholes at night. The newly reprinted Eloise in Moscow recounts Eloise's trip to the Russian capital. It's Eloise, touring Moscow with Nanny and Weenie, her "dog who looks like a cat." (Skipperdee the turtle was sent back to the Plaza on account of a nervous cough.) ![]() Guess what six-year-old said, "The Rolls is the only sports car I will drive in a Russian blizzard"? Yes, the same one who we first met pouring water down the mail chute in New York's Plaza Hotel. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |