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“You can’t cheer a prisoner in the Black Castle,” said the old mouse. “But you can get him out,” said the chairwoman. The mice of the Prisoners’ Aid Society are determined to rescue a captive from the terrible Black Castle.So begins a mission to recruit the bravest mouse they can find, and Miss Bianca, the pet white mouse belonging to the Ambassador's son, is sent to Norway in search of such a hero – someone who can outwit the fearsome jailer and evade the jaws of his cruel cat. Someone who will risk life and whisker on the most dangerous and daring of adventures…Enchanting, magical, and filled with adventure, The Rescuers is a modern classic.NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE‘A devastating mixture of magic and fantasy.’ Evening News

They met at the Chelsea Arts Ball: he went as a paper parcel, and she as a Spanish dancer. Harry Gibson and Miss Diver fell deeply in love... But when Mr Gibson decides he'll have to marry the hopelessly unprepossessing daughter of his colleague in order to save his ailing business, Miss Diver is cut off without a penny. She's forced in turn to take in a lodger, Mr Philips, who mistakenly takes Miss Diver for a much richer woman than she is...Watching over them all is Miss Diver's niece Martha, a clumpy, unappealing child of a certain artistic genius.