Diana Jones - The Land of Ingary Trilogy

The Land of Ingary Trilogy first published in 2014 byHarperCollins Children’s Books

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FIRST EDITION

1. Howl’s Moving Castle

Text © Diana Wynne Jones 1986

Illustration © Tim Stevens 2000

2. Castle in the Air

Text © Diana Wynne Jones 1990

Illustrations © Tim Stevens 2000

3. House of Many Ways

Text © Diana Wynne Jones 2000

Illustrations © Tim Stevens 2008

Diana Wynne Jones asserts her moral rights to be identified as the author of this work

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Source ISBNs 9780007380459, 9780007369089, 9780007281978

Ebook Edition © August 2014 ISBN: 9780008114473

Version: 08-08-2014

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Copyright

1. Howl’s Moving Castle

2. Castle in the Air Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.

3. House of Many Ways Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.

About the Publisher Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.

Illustrated by Tim Stevens

This one is for Stephen

The idea for this book was suggested by a boy

in a school I was visiting, who asked me to write

a book called The Moving Castle .

I wrote down his name, and put it in such a safe

place that I have been unable to find it ever since.

I would like to thank him very much.

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Dedication

CHAPTER ONE In which Sophie talks to hats

CHAPTER TWO In which Sophie is compelled to seek her fortune

CHAPTER THREE In which Sophie enters into a castle and a bargain

CHAPTER FOUR In which Sophie discovers several strange things

CHAPTER FIVE Which is far too full of washing

CHAPTER SIX In which Howl expresses his feelings with green slime

CHAPTER SEVEN In which a scarecrow prevents Sophie from leaving the castle

CHAPTER EIGHT In which Sophie leaves the castle in several directions at once

CHAPTER NINE In which Michael has trouble with a spell

CHAPTER TEN In which Calcifer promises Sophie a hint

CHAPTER ELEVEN In which Howl goes to a strange country in search of a spell

CHAPTER TWELVE In which Sophie becomes Howl’s old mother

CHAPTER THIRTEEN In which Sophie blackens Howl’s name

CHAPTER FOURTEEN In which a Royal Wizard catches a cold

CHAPTER FIFTEEN In which Howl goes to a funeral in disguise

CHAPTER SIXTEEN In which there is a great deal of witchcraft

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN In which the moving castle moves house

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN In which the scarecrow and Miss Angorian reappear

CHAPTER NINETEEN In which Sophie expresses her feelings with weed-killer

CHAPTER TWENTY In which Sophie finds further difficulties in leaving the castle

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE In which a contract is concluded before witnesses

In the land of Ingary, where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of three. Everyone knows you are the one who will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your fortunes.

Sophie Hatter was the eldest of three sisters. She was not even the child of a poor woodcutter, which might have given her some chance of success. Her parents were well to do and kept a ladies’ hat shop in the prosperous town of Market Chipping. True, her own mother died when Sophie was two years old and her sister Lettie was one year old, and their father married his youngest shop assistant, a pretty blonde girl called Fanny. Fanny shortly gave birth to the third sister, Martha. This ought to have made Sophie and Lettie into Ugly Sisters, but in fact all three girls grew up very pretty indeed, though Lettie was the one everyone said was most beautiful. Fanny treated all three girls with the same kindness and did not favour Martha in the least.

Mr Hatter was proud of his three daughters and sent them all to the best school in town. Sophie was the most studious. She read a great deal, and very soon realised how little chance she had of an interesting future. It was a disappointment to her, but she was still happy enough, looking after her sisters and grooming Martha to seek her fortune when the time came. Since Fanny was always busy in the shop, Sophie was the one who looked after the younger two. There was a certain amount of screaming and hair-pulling between those younger two. Lettie was by no means resigned to being the one who, next to Sophie, was bound to be the least successful.