The Four-Story Mistake

Infobox Book
name = The Four-Story Mistake


image_caption = Cover art for the January 2008 re-issue
author = Elizabeth Enright
country = United Kingdom
language = English
genre = Children's literature
publisher = Square Fish cite web | url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Four-Story-Mistake-Melendy-Quartet/dp/0312375999/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219085194&sr=1-5 | title=The Four-Story Mistake (Melendy Quartet) (Paperback) | publisher=Amazon.co.uk | accessdate=2008-08-18 ]
pub_date = 22 January, 2008
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 208
isbn = 978-0312375997
oclc =

"The Four-Story Mistake" (1942) is a children's novel by Elizabeth Enright, the second of her four books about the Melendy family, preceded by " The Saturdays", and followed by "Then There Were Five", and "". The four Melendy children live with their father, a widowed professor of economics, and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, in a worn but comfortable brownstone in New York City. There's thirteen-year-old Mona, who has decided to become an actress; twelve-year-old mischievous Rush; ten-and-a-half-year-old Randy, who loves to dance and paint; and thoughtful Oliver, who is just six.

Plot

Into the Four-Story Mistake, an odd-looking house with a confused architectural history, move the Melendy family -- Mona, Rush, Randy, Oliver, Father, and Cuffy, the housekeeper. Though disappointed about leaving their old brownstone in New York City, and apprehensive about living the country life, the four Melendy kids soon settle into this unusual new home. Here, they become absorbed in the adventures of the country, adjusting themselves with all their accustomed resourcefulness and discovering the many hidden attractions that the Four-Story Mistake has to offer. cite web | url=http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/product-description/0312375999/sr=11-1/qid=1219086412/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=916520&s=books&qid=1219086412&sr=11-1 | title=The Four-Story Mistake (Melendy Quartet) (Paperback) | publisher=Amazon.ca | accessdate=2008-08-18 ]

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