Midnight Folk

Name: Midnight Folk
Author: John Masefield

Auteur: John Masefield

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: John Masefield John Masefield

Engels
Hardcover
9781590172902
14 oktober 2008
247 pagina's

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John Masefield

JOHN MASEFIELD was born in 1878 and orphaned at an early age. At the age of 15 he embarked on a career at sea with a voyage to Chile, via Cape Horn. Wishing to become a writer he failed to report for a new position on a ship in New York and became a homeless vagrant before finding work in a bar and then a carpet factory. Returning to England in 1897, his first poem was published in 1899. His first volume of poetry, Salt-Water Ballads, was published in 1902 and his last volume, In Glad Thanksgiving, in 1967. Masefield became a best-selling author with an output that included novels, children's books, plays and works of contemporary history. Appointed Poet Laureate in 1930, he was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. He died in 1967.

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The Midnight Folk introduces readers to Kay Harker, the orphaned boy who is also the hero of John Masefield&;s classic Christmas fantasy, The Box of Delights. Kay lives in a vast old country house, and is looked after by an unpleasant duo: the oily and egregious Sir Theopompous and the petulant and punitive Sylvia Daisy Pouncer. In her zeal to educate Kay on the finer points of Latin grammar, Sylvia Daisy has even taken away all of Kay&;s toys. Life seems very dull, until out of an old family portrait steps Kay&;s great-grandfather, a sea captain, who, if legend is to be believed, made off with a fabulous treasure.

Soon Kay is engaged in a thrilling quest that begins each night as the clock strikes twelve, taking him into the enchanted and dangerous world of the Midnight Folk: pirates, highwaymen, talking animals, and a gang of witches led by none other than Sylvia Daisy (in cahoots, as in The Box of Delights, with the arch-villain Abner Brown). In the end, it is that ragtag team of old toys that rallies to support Kay and save the day.

A book to set beside C.S. Lewis&;s Narnia tales and Joan Aiken&;s Wolves of Willoughby Chase&;not to mention the Harry Potter series&;The Midnight Folk is a wonderful and enthralling contribution to the great English tradition of children&;s literature, beloved by adults and children alike.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 14 oktober 2008
Aantal pagina's: 247
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: John Masefield
Tweede Auteur: John Masefield
Hoofdillustrator: Rowland Hilder
Hoofduitgeverij: INGP

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 146 mm
Product hoogte: 19 mm
Product lengte: 229 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 146 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 19 mm
Verpakking lengte: 229 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 181 g

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EAN: 9781590172902

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Taal: Engels
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