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* The Twins; tomboy Alice and sickly Noel
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* The Twins; Twins, tomboy Alice and sickly Noel
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They live in a semi-detached on the Lewisham road - a suburb of London -- with their father. Their mother died just a year or so ago and things have gone very wrong with their father's business and they have no money so the children decide to go treasure hunting to repair the fortunes of The House of Bastable. HilarityEnsues
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They live in a semi-detached on the Lewisham road - -- a suburb of London -- with their father. Their mother died just a year or so ago and things have gone very wrong with their father's business and they have no money so the children decide to go treasure hunting to repair the fortunes of The House of Bastable. HilarityEnsues
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The Bastables are a family of six;
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They live in a semi-detached on the Lewisham road - a suburb of London - with their father. Their mother died just a year or so ago and things have gone very wrong with their father's business and they have no money so the children decide to go treasure hunting to repair the fortunes of The House of Bastable. HilarityEnsues
There are two sequels: ''The Wouldbegoods'' in which the well meaning Bastables wreck havoc trying to do good deeds; and ''The New Treasure Seekers'' in which they try various means to get money for the kindly and - they think - very poor lady they are staying with. As usual things never turn out as expected.
There are two sequels: ''The Wouldbegoods'' in which the well meaning Bastables wreck havoc trying to do good deeds; and ''The New Treasure Seekers'' in which they try various means to get money for the kindly and - they think - very poor lady they are staying with. As usual things never turn out as expected.
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They live in a semi-detached on the Lewisham road - a suburb of London - -- with their father. Their mother died just a year or so ago and things have gone very wrong with their father's business and they have no money so the children decide to go treasure hunting to repair the fortunes of The House of Bastable. HilarityEnsues
There are two sequels: ''The Wouldbegoods'' in which the well meaning Bastables wreck havoc trying to do good deeds; and ''The New Treasure Seekers'' in which they try various means to get money for the kindly and- -- they think - -- very poor lady they are staying with. As usual usual, things never turn out as expected.
There are two sequels: ''The Wouldbegoods'' in which the well meaning Bastables wreck havoc trying to do good deeds; and ''The New Treasure Seekers'' in which they try various means to get money for the kindly and
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Noel's solution to the family's cash flow problem is to find and marry a princess. On an outing to Blackheath he does exactly that.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Noel's solution to the family's cash flow problem is to find and marry a princess. On an outing to Blackheath he does exactly that.
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* ValuesDissonance - See FreeRangeChildren above. Also grown men cadging kisses from prepubescent girls doesn't seem at all innocent and loveable behavior today.
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* ShoutOut: There's a scene in which the children attempt to act out part of ''Literature/TheJungleBook''. It's worth noting that ''The Wouldbegoods'' was published just five years after ''The Jungle Book''.
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* ShoutOut: There's a scene in which the children attempt to act out part of ''Literature/TheJungleBook''. It's worth noting that ''The Wouldbegoods'' was published just five years after ''The Jungle Book''.
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* DeadpanSnarker: The Reverend Mr. Ashleigh, brother of Albert's Uncle's Long-Lost, is oh so much this. The children don't quite know how to take it.
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* WrongGenreSavvy - The Bastables have read all the right kind of books - and imagine real life is like every one of them.
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* TeamMom - Dora tries to be this to her siblings, it seems to work with Alice and the younger boys but Oswald is resistant.
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* PromotedToParent - The Bastables' dying mother asked Dora to 'take care' of her younger siblings. She does her best but she's only a child herself and nobody listens to her anyway. This becomes a plot point.
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* PromotedToParent - The Bastables' dying mother asked Dora to 'take care' of her younger siblings. She does her best but she's only a child herself and nobody listens to her anyway. This becomes a plot point.point in the chapter where the children try to earn money by selling wine.
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* BlanketFort - The Bastables build themselves one of these the day they Oswald, Dickie and Alice decide to be detectives.
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* BlanketFort - The Bastables build themselves one of these the day they Oswald, Dickie and Alice decide to be detectives.
