History Literature / TheLittleWhiteHorse

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "There is only one thing that can save us now. Classical. French. Needlepoint!"
* RedheadedHero: Maria

* WeirdMoon: 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.

* NiceHat: Robin and Marmaduke Scarlett are often mentioned wearing hats.

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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 ''Film/BridgeToTerabithia'' 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 [[WeirdMoon 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 BigBad's son. Oh, and it has Creator/TimCurry as the BigBad, Coeur de Noir.

* Damsel in Distress: Maria gets captured by the De Noirs in the forest several times, and Wrolf saves the day whenever she's in danger. During the climax, she becomes too helpless, leaving the good guys to try and rescue her. While underwater, the unicorn saves her from drowning.
* Establishing Character Moment: In one scene, Maria gets ambushed while in the carriage, while her caretaker protects her. For the rest of the film, she's in constant need of protection from the De Noirs. Even Wrolf protects her.