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The third volume in Canongate's acclaimed series, with a specially
commissioned introduction from The Simpsons' Matt Groening. We
travel into the mid-1950s as Linus learns to talk, Snoopy begins to
explore his eccentricities, Lucy's unrequited crush on Schroeder
takes final shape, and Charlie Brown becomes ... well, even more
Charlie Brown-ish.
As Peanuts concludes its first decade, a new character makes her
appearance: Charlie Brown's little sister Sally. This volume covers
her earliest days, from her proud brother's announcement of her
birth to her first words (and crush on Linus)! Also: the initial
'Great Pumpkin' sequence; Lucy's first appearance as a nickel
psychiatrist; Linus's short-lived and one-sided romance with his
beloved teacher Miss Othmar; and Snoopy's battle with the
doghouse-destroying freeway bypass. All this, plus two of the most
famous Peanuts strips of all time: the 'clouds' Sunday that Schulz
cites as his personal favourite and 'Happiness is a warm puppy'.
'I have naturally curly hair.' With those fateful words, The
Complete Peanuts introduces another main character to the gang, the
vain Frieda (not to mention her cat Faron). Also in this volume,
which collects two full years from the early 1960s - one of
Schulz's most fertile periods - Sally begins to grow up, Snoopy
endures an avian family crisis, Linus develops a crush on Miss
Othmar and loses his blanket again (when Lucy turns it into a kite
and then lets it fly away), and more baseball routs. Aaaugh!!
As the 1950s close, Peanuts enters its golden age. Linus, who had
just learned to speak in the previous volume, becomes downright
eloquent. Charlie Brown cascades further down the hill to loserdom.
But the rising star is undoubtedly Snoopy. He's at the centre of
the most action-packed episodes. Jonathan Franzen, author of The
Corrections and life-long Peanuts fan, introduces the collection.
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