Part of me feels it's a shame no more books were written about them, but part of me also likes that there aren't any. I can well imagine such beings 'borrowing' a dropped needle, forgotten hankie or something, and putting it to use as they see fit. They're lovely stories about a family of small people who live in human houses, but under the floors, or behind the crack in the mantelpiece, or some other left-alone cranny or nook. I don't think I would have pictured the main characters quite the same way as I did if I hadn't seen the TV series first (the portrayals by Penelope Wilton et all were filling my head when I read about Homily, Pod and Arrietty). All four novels are wonderfully quaint in their style (they were written in the 1950's and it shows in the language used).
This Omnibus contains The Borrowers, The Borrowers Afield, The Borrowers Afloat, and The Borrowers Aloft.
I never got round to doing so until recently though, which is an awful shame. My mum has always been saying I should read these books, as I was hooked on the BBC TV series adaptation of their adventures when I was a child.
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