- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Corgi Childrens; New edition edition (6 Nov 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0552548855
- ISBN-13: 978-0552548854
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 747,557 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Philip Pullman has won the Smarties Prize Gold Award, for "The Firework-Maker's Daughter", the Guardian Fiction Award, the Carnegie Medal for "Northern Lights" and the Whitbread Prize for "The Amber Spyglass". His other books include "The Ruby in the Smoke", "Clockwork", "I Was a Rat" and "Spring-Heeled Jack".
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A glorious Transylvanian spoof - spooky, witty and melodramatic!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I warn you: this is not a book that children should read. It's a book that adults should read to children. The fact is that Philip Pullman does a beautiful job of spoofing Victorian "trash" novels and horror romances like Stokers "Count Dracula" whilst writing one himself - for children, supposedly, but I doubt that any child will find it half so funny as their parents will.
Count Karlstein owns a castle deep in the Swiss Alps (which bear a surprising resemblance to Transylvania at times) and has made a pact with the Demon Huntsman Zamiel that ensures Karlsteins continued good health and ownership of the castle. But the time has now come for him to pay his side of the bargain - a life. Fortunately his two orphaned English nieces are sent to live with him as their only remaining relative, and so he decides to sarifice them to Zamiel! But the girls (who have read far too many "horror" stories themselves and use various Victorian expressions in capitals) enlist the aid of their old Headmistress Augusta Davenport, the travelling magician Dr. Cadaverezzi, and, of course, the maidservant Hildi and her brother Peter. A Horrifing Tale ensuses...
Count Karlstein owns a castle deep in the Swiss Alps (which bear a surprising resemblance to Transylvania at times) and has made a pact with the Demon Huntsman Zamiel that ensures Karlsteins continued good health and ownership of the castle. But the time has now come for him to pay his side of the bargain - a life. Fortunately his two orphaned English nieces are sent to live with him as their only remaining relative, and so he decides to sarifice them to Zamiel! But the girls (who have read far too many "horror" stories themselves and use various Victorian expressions in capitals) enlist the aid of their old Headmistress Augusta Davenport, the travelling magician Dr. Cadaverezzi, and, of course, the maidservant Hildi and her brother Peter. A Horrifing Tale ensuses...
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I bought this audio book back in June to listen to during the summer. I am spending a year in France and cant always listen to the radio and it was only this week I started listening to the CDs, I was put off listening to them because being an HDM fan I didn't want (it sounds stupid) to be disloyal to Lyra, Lee Scorsby, Lord Asrial even Mrs Coulter and the rest of them by getting to know new characters. But within a few minutes of listening I was hooked and the style and prose is so Philip Pullman it is a joy to listen to. It is a dramatised version rather like HDM which I first came into contact with Jan 2002 when it was on the radio. I shall certainly be putting this in the car for 5.5hr car journey back to UK. It felt very comfortable and the characters immediately likeable if Hidl were to meet Lyra they would be best friends as would Max and Lee. Buy it, curl up on the sofa on a wet afternoon and immerse yourself in an imaginary parallel Switzerland
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This story is set in the past as like his Sally Lockhart series in Victoran London, but this takes place in the mountains of some other country in Europe.
The evil Count has made a deal with a demon from tales told in his village but the demon wants payment and time is running out for the Count to repay what he owes.
This year on All Hollows Eve (Holloween) he want humans or human competle with souls (Alive) But thanks to a death in the family he has two little innocent girls under his "care" and decides they would be perfect to repay his debt.
Now the race is on to save Charrlotte and Lucy (The Girls) from the grip of the demon can a maid and her brother save them with help maybe this story is wonderfully written and is great introduction to Pullman's stories.
This story is very long (5.5 hours)and is spread over 5 discs which makes it a pain changing the discs but the story will thrill Sally Lockhart fans and will be a good introduction as said above but I think younger children should be read it as there are a few words in the text that should be kept from thier ears until the leave middle school at least.
This is marked down as a childrens book but I think it means high school at least.
This book would make a great addition to you Pullman collection of stories (Sally Lockhart series and Lyra series)
The evil Count has made a deal with a demon from tales told in his village but the demon wants payment and time is running out for the Count to repay what he owes.
This year on All Hollows Eve (Holloween) he want humans or human competle with souls (Alive) But thanks to a death in the family he has two little innocent girls under his "care" and decides they would be perfect to repay his debt.
Now the race is on to save Charrlotte and Lucy (The Girls) from the grip of the demon can a maid and her brother save them with help maybe this story is wonderfully written and is great introduction to Pullman's stories.
This story is very long (5.5 hours)and is spread over 5 discs which makes it a pain changing the discs but the story will thrill Sally Lockhart fans and will be a good introduction as said above but I think younger children should be read it as there are a few words in the text that should be kept from thier ears until the leave middle school at least.
This is marked down as a childrens book but I think it means high school at least.
This book would make a great addition to you Pullman collection of stories (Sally Lockhart series and Lyra series)
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