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Marianne Dreams (Paperback)

by Catherine Storr (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber; New edition edition (5 Oct 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571231454
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571231454
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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Confined to her bed with an illness, she finds a pencil in her great-grandmother's workbox, but the house she draws is as unsatisfying as always - like a shaky doll's house with grass as unlike anything growing as ever. But that night, she dreams and re-discovers her drawing in a completely new world. Returning to this world night after night, Marianne encounters a strange but familiar boy and the house takes on an increasingly ominous significance for both of them.

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39 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Deservedly a "classic", 1 Mar 2003
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This review is from: Marianne Dreams (Faber Children's Classics) (Paperback)
20 years after I first read this book, I *finally* tracked it down again. I remember being sufficiently scared at 11 that I couldn't read it at night. This time I finished it in an afternoon and the last 2 decades have taken nothing away from this superb book, indeed there are more subtleties now than on reading it as a child. It's clear that Marianne's dream world is a reflection - as dreams often are - of her fears and anxieties in real-life. She and Mark, the boy at the window, are both ill, and both almost fearful of leaving their sickbeds after months in them. In Mark's case, he is defeatist and "lazy" about getting well again, and believes there is no point in trying to walk, because he knows he won't be able to. All of this is conveyed to Marianne by a third party, her governess, since Mark and Marianne in real life have never met. Mark initially couldn't walk because of his illness - which corresponds to the lack of stairs in the dream house. When Marianne draws in the stairs (equal to Mark having the ability to walk in real-life, but not the inclination), Mark still refuses to use them. The evil boulders and menacing air, propelling them finally to try to leave the house, represent the medical opinion that if Mark and Marianne never try to get better, they will be sick for the rest of their lives: the boulders get closer and try to stop them leaving, but they must make the effort if they are finally to leave the house (dream) or sickbed (real life). Each dream sequence directly corresponds to what is going on in their real lives, and the escape to the safety of the tower and the sea symbolises their return to health - will they ever make it?

This book is eerie and menacing, and while I intend to watch the movie based on the book, PaperHouse, I'm a bit wary having read other reviews that seem to say the film has missed a large part of what the book is about and what it symbolises, and instead concentrates only on the horror aspect.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Such an effect!, 30 April 2006
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This review is from: Marianne Dreams (Faber Children's Classics) (Paperback)
When I started reading this book, I thought: "Oh great, a boring story about some girl who's sick in bed. Fun." But, as I got into the book it became incredibly interesting. I started to feel I was Marianne, even though I'm a boy. When she met Mark in her dream as the boy she drew, because her tutor Mrs Chesterfield told her about him, I really felt for him. This book is really and truly gripping, an amazing read. When it ended, I was really sad because I wanted it to go on forever and follow the rest of the adventures and Marianne and Mark.

Overall, this book is incredibly enjoyable and I would recommend it to anyone.
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book which you won't want to put down., 1 Dec 2001
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This review is from: Marianne Dreams (Hardcover)
When Marianne falls ill she finds a pencil and begins to draw - a house and landscape and then a boy looking out of a window. That night she travels into the picture in her dreams. Sometimes she draws horrible things which then engage herself and the boy in a desperate struggle to escape this place.
I enjoyed this book and i am 12 years old. I think it is a good book for 12 and unders and you will not want to put it down.
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