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'''''The Little White Horse''''' is a classic of children's literature, written in the 1940s by Elizabeth Goudge. First published in 1946. The events of the novel begin in 1842.
After her father dies in debt, Maria Merryweather and her governess Miss Heliotrope go to live at Moonacre Manor with Maria's uncle Benjamin.
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Has been adapted into both a live TV series, ''[[Moonacre]]'', and a movie, ''[[The Secret of Moonacre]]''. The latter was directed by Gabor Csupo of ''[[Bridge to Terabithia]]'' fame, and while it is an enjoyable movie in its own right, it plays up the more overt fantasy elements of the book with Maria now having to ''force'' the two families together, before [[Weird Moon|the 5000th moon since the curse was laid upon the family]] destroys Moonacre Valley. It also eliminates any reference to Old Parson (or the surrounding village) and re-tools the character of Robin into being the [[Big Bad]]'s son. Oh, and it has [[Tim Curry]] as the [[Big Bad]], Coeur de Noir.
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* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: In the book, Sir Benjamin Merriweather is described as fat, bowlegged, and past his prime. In its film adaptation, he's played by the lean, sinewy Ioan Gruffudd, who's also considerably younger than the character.
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Basically, Gabor Csupo took the book's characters, and went off and did his own thing.
▲* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: In the book, Sir Benjamin Merriweather is described as fat, bowlegged, and past his prime. In its film adaptation, he's played by the lean, sinewy Ioan Gruffudd, who's also considerably younger than the character.
** To be fair, however, the original book really doesn't lend itself that well to a cinematic adaptation.
▲* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Basically, Gabor Csupo took the book's characters, and went off and did his own thing.
* [[Badass Preacher]]: Old Parson. Admitedly, he's only badass in the context of the book, but it's enough.
▲** To be fair, however, the original book really doesn't lend itself that well to a cinematic adaptation.
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* [[Ephebophile]]: Played with in the film. The romantic relationship present in the original book (which is not an example of this trope since the characters were around the same age) is downplayed to some hinting, but it's enough to come off as a little squick when one considers that the actor playing Maria was 14 during filming and the actor playing Robin was 21.
* [[Costume Porn]] / [[Scenery Porn]]: One cannot deny that the costume and art design are simply ''stunning''.
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Robin in the movie. Actually fairly easily, but it can be put down to him knowing the legend, and not wanting to to come true. Though a frankly awesome [http://sarahtales.livejournal.com/132302.html parody] suggests another reason...
* [[Identical Grandson]]: The actors playing Benjamin, Loveday and Coeur de Noir all show up as their ancestors.
* [[Parasol of Pain]]: Miss Heliotrope has one. Subverted slightly in that it's only shown to be a minor distraction (albeit one that helps greatly, as {{spoiler|the movie's already over by this point and all that's needed is for the villain to see sense}}.)
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* [[Redheaded Hero]]: Maria
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Marmaduke Scarlet speaks like this. He's a guy who works in a kitchen.
* [[Shipper
* [[Weird Moon]]: The movie has a continuously-full moon that gets larger and larger as the movie goes on. It's an actual plot point, as the moon will destroy the earth unless Maria gives back the moon jewels.
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[[Category:Fantasy Literature]]
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[[Category:Literature of the 1940s]]
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[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]
▲[[Category:The Forties]]
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