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The Melendy Quartet, written by Elizabeth Enright, is a series of four children’s books titled The Saturdays, The Four-Story Mistake, Then There Were Five, and Spiderweb for Two. The books are set in 1940’s America and are about the adventures of the Melendy children, Rush, Mona, Randy (short for Miranda), and Oliver, who live with their father and their housekeeper, Cuffy. |
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End of an Age |
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End of an Age: Growing up is one of the major themes of The Four-Story Mistake. |
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Outdoorsy Gal |
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Outdoorsy Gal: Randy |
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The "Be Careful!" Speech: Mostly coming from Father and Cuffy. |
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Pursue the Dream Job |
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Pursue the Dream Job: Mona eventually achieves her lifelong dream of becoming an actress. |
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Intergenerational Friendship |
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Intergenerational Friendship: Randy and Mrs. Oliphant, also known as "the Elephant", develop one of these after Randy's Saturday. |
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Happily Adopted |
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Happily Adopted: Mark, by the Melendy family in Then There Were Five. |
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Acquired Situational Narcissism |
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Acquired Situational Narcissism: Averted by Mona in The Four-Story Mistake. |
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Missing Mom |
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Missing Mom: She died at some point in the past, but it's never made clear how. |
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Meaningful Name |
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Meaningful Name: Rush names the stray dog he finds on his first Saturday outing "Isaac" after their club. |
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Standard '50s Father |
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Standard '50s Father |
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Treehouse of Fun |
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Treehouse of Fun: Rush builds a treehouse in The Four-Story Mistake. |
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Slice of Life |
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Slice of Life |
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Indian Summer |
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Indian Summer: The Four-Story Mistake |
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Free-Range Children |
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Free-Range Children: The Melendy children are constantly going on adventures throughout New York City (in The Saturdays) and the countryside (in the later books) without adult supervision. That said, when six-year-old Oliver goes on an adventure on his own, it's considered a step too far. |
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Heartwarming Orphan |
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Heartwarming Orphan: Mark Herron in Then There Were Five |
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Nuclear Family |
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Nuclear Family |
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Hates Baths |
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Hates Baths: Oliver |
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Nature Lover |
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Nature Lover: All four children spend a great deal of their time exploring outdoors. |
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Old Retainer |
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Old Retainer: Cuffy's been with the family at least since Mona was a baby. |
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Only Known by Their Nickname |
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Only Known by Their Nickname: "Cuffy" is short for Evangeline Cuthbert-Stanley. Not that anyone ever calls her that. |
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The All-American Boy |
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The All-American Boy |
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Fun with Acronyms |
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Fun with Acronyms: In The Saturdays, the children form the Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure Club, or I.S.A.A.C. |
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GoshDangItToHeck |
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Gosh Dang It to Heck! |
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Pooled Funds |
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Pooled Funds: In The Saturdays, the Melendy children decide to pool their allowances and take turns going on an outing each weekend. |
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Kindly Housekeeper |
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Kindly Housekeeper: Cuffy |
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Bookcase Passage |
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Bookcase Passage: in The Four-Story Mistake. |
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