By Mary Zhurakovskaya 4 th year 2 PA

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By Mary Zhurakovskaya, 4 th year, 2 PA

The Little Friend (2002) The story is set in Alexandria, Mississippi in the early 1960 s; One Mother’s Day a little boy named Robin was found hanging from a tree in his parents’ yard; Twelve years later Robin’s murder is still unsolved. So Robin’s sister Harriet and her friend Hely set out to unmask

Characters Harriet – teenage girl (12 years old): bright, witty, sarcastic, admires Joan of Arc, Harry Houdini, loves reading books, religious, but questions everything in the Bible; Hely – her best friend accomplice in all her adventures; secretly in love with Harriet. The Ratliffs – a family of criminals, “rednecks”. One of

The author Donna Tartt – a modern American writer; The author of the novels The Secret History (1992), The Little Friend (2002), and The Goldfinch (2013); Won the WH Smith Literary Award for The Little Friend in 2003 and the Pulitzer Prize (Fiction) for The Goldfinch in 2014; Was named in the TIME 100: The 100 Most Influential People in 2014.

Interesting facts about Donna Tartt It takes her 10 years to write a book; She rarely gives interviews (apart from the books promotion); She doesn’t use any social media and never takes “selfies”; Her works are influenced by Dickens, Russian novelists and Greek philosophers; she loves Irish writers – Oscar Wilde, Frank O'Connor, Flann O'Brien, Edna O'Brien (but not Joyce); Her favorite book “True Grit” (1968) by Charles Portis influenced heavily the book “The Little Friend”.

Donna Tartt’s style “I feel a real funniness about women's costume. To really put on high heels and a frilly dress <…> It seems kind of. . . comical”.

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