44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 1
The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother.
Welcome to 44 Scotland Street, home to some of Edinburgh's most colorful characters. There's Pat, a twenty-year-old who has recently moved into a flat with Bruce, an athletic young man with a keen awareness of his own appearance. Their neighbor, Domenica, is an eccentric and insightful widow. In the flat below are Irene and her appealing son Bertie, who is the victim of his mother’s desire for him to learn the saxophone and italian–all at the tender age of five.
Love triangles, a lost painting, intriguing new friends, and an encounter with a famous Scottish crime writer are just a few of the ingredients that add to this delightful and witty portrait of Edinburgh society, which was first published as a serial in The Scotsman newspaper.

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Forty-four Scotland Street

Alexander McCall Smith; illustrations by Iain McIntosh

Alexander McCall Smith, Davina Porter

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Random House, Incorporated

Random House AudioBooks

44 Scotland Street, First Anchor books edition, New York, 2005

United States, United States of America

1st Anchor Books ed., New York, 2005

New York, New York State, 2005

1st, First Edition, US, 2005

[curator]scanner-shenzhen-leo@archive.org[/curator][date]20120104223730[/date][state]approved[/state]

topic: Young women; Art galleries, Commercial; Apartment houses; Roommates

Type: 英文图书

Bookmarks:
1. (p1) 1. Stuff Happens
2. (p2) 2. A Room With a Smell
3. (p3) 3. We See a Bit More of Bruce
4. (p4) 4. Fathers and Sons
5. (p5) 5. Attributions and Provenances
6. (p6) 6. Bruce Takes a Look at a Place
7. (p7) 7. A Full Survey
8. (p8) 8. Hypocrisy, Lies, Golf Clubs
9. (p9) 9. SP
10. (p10) 10. The Road from Arbroath
11. (p11) 11. The Origins of love and Hate
12. (p12) 12. Chanterelles Trouvées
13. (p13) 13. You Must Remember This/A Kiss Is Just a Kiss
14. (p14) 14. The Smell of Cloves
15. (p15) 15. 560 SEC
16. (p16) 16. Irrational Beliefs and the Mind of the Child
17. (p17) 17. An Educational Exchange
18. (p18) 18. The Works of Melanie Klein
19. (p19) 19. A Modest Gift
20. (p20) 20. The Boys Discuss Art
21. (p21) 21. A Daughter's Dance Card
22. (p22) 22. Bruce Comes Under Consideration
23. (p23) 23. Goings-on in London
24. (p24) 24. Unwelcome Thoughts
25. (p25) 25. Dinner with Domenica
26. (p26) 26. A Room, a Photograph, Love and Memory
27. (p27) 27. The Electricity Factory
28. (p28) 28. Thomas Is Electrocuted
29. (p29) 29. Friendship
30. (p30) 30. Things Happen at the Gallery
31. (p31) 31. The Lothian and Borders Police Art Squad
32. (p32) 32. Akrasia: The Essential Problem
33. (p33) 33. Peploe?
34. (p34) 34. On the Way to the Floatarium
35. (p35) 35. Latte Interrupta
36. (p36) 36. Bertie in Disgrace
37. (p37) 37. At the Floatarium
38. (p38) 38. Mother/Daughter Issues
39. (p39) 39. The Facts of Life
40. (p40) 40. In Nets of Golden Wires
41. (p41) 41. Your Cupboard or Mine?
42. (p42) 42. Gallery Matters
43. (p43) 43. The Sort of People You See in Edinburgh Wine Bars
44. (p44) 44. Tales of Tulliallan
45. (p45) 45. More Tulliallan Tales
46. (p46) 46. Humiliation and Embarrassment
47. (p47) 47. Irene and Stuart: A Breakfast Conversazione
48. (p48) 48. Plans for the Conseruative Ball
49. (p49) 49. Tomhola Gifts
50. (p50) 50. Bruce Prepares for the Ball
51. (p51) 51. Velvety Shoes
52. (p52) 52. Silk Organza
53. (p53) 53. Bruce Fantasises
54. (p54) 54. Supporting Walls
55. (p55) 55. Discovered
56. (p56) 56. At the Braid Hills Hotel
57. (p57) 57. The Duke of Plaza-Toro
58. (p58) 58. Catch 22
59. (p59) 59. The Dashing White Sergeant
60. (p60) 60. The Tombola
61. (p61) 61. Bertie Begins Therapy
62. (p62) 62. The Rucksack of Guilt
63. (p63) 63. Irene Converes with Dr Hugo Fairbairn
64. (p64) 64. Post-analysis Analysis
65. (p65) 65. A Meeting in Valvona and Crolla
66. (p66) 66. Mr Dalyell' s Question
67. (p67) 67. Playing with Electricity
68. (p68) 68. Boucle d'Or
69. (p69) 69. The Turning to Dust of Human Beauty
70. (p70) 70. An Evening with Bruce
71. (p71) 71. At the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
72. (p72) 72. Angus Lordie's Difficult Task
73. (p73) 73. A Dissident Free Presbyterian Fatwa
74. (p74) 74. A Man's Dressing-gown
75. (p75) 75. News of a Loss
76. (p76) 76. Remembrance of Things past
77. (p77) 77. Into Deep Morningside
78. (p78) 78. Steps with Soul
79. (p79) 79. A Meeting on the Stair
80. (p80) 80. Male Uncertainty, Existential Doubts, New Men etc
81. (p81) 81. Morningside Ladies
82. (p82) 82. On the Way to Mr Rankin's
83. (p83) 83. But of Course
84. (p84) 84. An Invitation
85. (p85) 85. In the Cumberland Bar
86. (p86) 86. On the Subject of Dogs
87. (p87) 87. The Onion Memory
88. (p88) 88. Big Lou Receives a Phone Call
89. (p89) 89. Big Lou Goes to Dinner
90. (p90) 90. Poetry of the Tang Dynasty
91. (p91) 91. God Looks Down in Belgium
92. (p92) 92. In Scotland Street Tunnel
93. (p93) 93. A Further Tunnel-and a Brief Conversation About Aesthetics
94. (p94) 94. An Interesting Discovery
95. (p95) 95. Mr Guy Peploe Makes an Appearance
96. (p96) 96. Mr Peploe Sees Something Interesting
97. (p97) 97. More about Bertie
98. (p98) 98. Irene and Dr Fairbairn Converse
99. (p99) 99. Bruce Takes a Bath, and Thinks
100. (p100) 100. Bruce Expounds
100.1. (p101) 101. Pat and Bruce: An Exchange
100.2. (p102) 102. Paternal Diagnosis
100.3. (p103) 103. And then
100.4. (p104) 104. The Place We Are Going To
100.5. (p105) 105. Bertie's Friend
100.6. (p106) 106. Lunch at the Cafe St Honoré
100.7. (p107) 107. Confidences
100.8. (p108) 108. Action Is Taken
100.9. (p109) 109. A Most Remarkable and Important Discovery
100.10. (p110) 110. Gain, Loss, Friendship, Love

theme: Young women; Art galleries, Commercial; Apartment houses; Roommates

Welcome to 44 Scotland Street, home to some of Edinburgh's most colorful characters. There's Pat, a twenty-year-old who has recently moved into a flat with Bruce, an athletic young man with a keen awareness of his own appearance. Their neighbor, Domenica, is an eccentric and insightful widow. In the flat below are Irene and her appealing son Bertie, who is the victim of his mother's desire for him to learn the saxophone and italian--all at the tender age of five. Love triangles, a lost painting, intriguing new friends, and an encounter with a famous Scottish crime writer are just a few of the ingredients that add to this delightful and witty portrait of Edinburgh society, which was first published as a serial in The Scotsman newspaper.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Pat rents a room from the handsome and cocky Bruce, at 44 Scotland Street, and discovers that she has also acquired some colorful new neighbors, including Domenica, an eccentric widow

2023-06-28