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Count Karlstein, or the Ride of the Demon Huntsman (Hardcover)

by Philip Pullman (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 259 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday & Co Inc.; New edition edition (4 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0385605110
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385605113
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.6 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 739,454 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman, was Philip Pullman's first novel for children, published by Chatto and Windus in 1982. It is a wonderful gothic melodrama which he first wrote as a play for school-children when he was an English teacher. Two young girls are in danger: their wicked uncle has made a bargain to hand them over to the terrifying Demon Huntsman, and it's up to a young maidservant called Hildi to rescue them.


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No one in the village of Karlstein dares to leave their homes on All Souls' Eve - the night Zamiel the Demon Huntsman comes to claim his prey.

But the evil Count Karlstein has struck a terrible bargain with Zamiel, and so the lives of his two young nieces, Lucy and Charlotte, are in danger. Their only hope lies with Hildi, a castle maidservant, and her fearless brother Peter. Can they save the girls from their dreadful fate? Only one thing is certain - the Demon Huntsman will not return to his dark wood unsatisfied!

A deliciously terrifying and wickedly funny Gothic tale, Count Karlstein is the first-ever children's book by Philip Pullman, winner of the Whitbread Award, the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Fiction Award and two Smarties Awards. Originally published in 1982, this new edition of Count Karlstein is a treat no Pullman fan should miss.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars gothic and hilarious, 16 Nov 2005
By George Eliot "irnan" (Zurich, Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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...
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Listen, 20 Jan 2005
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This review is from: Count Karlstein, or the Ride of the Demon Huntsman: Complete & Unabridged (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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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Count Karlstein Is Brilliant Buy it or else, 4 Jan 2004
By Mrs. L. Best "lbest101" (England) - See all my reviews
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What a book! I picked it up not knowing quite what to expect and could not put it down. Pullman mixes suspense, horror and humor all in one very entertaining book. The book follows one story from various perspectives with the main narrative coming from Hildi the main character. This offers a greater insight into the whole story for the reader. Wonderful Brilliant Marvellous .....Buy it now you'll love it.
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