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Castle in the Air is a young adult fantasy novel written by Diana Wynne Jones and first published in 1990. The novel is a sequel to Howl's Moving Castle and is set in the same fantasy world, though it follows the adventures of Abdullah rather than Sophie Hatter.
- Diana Wynne Jones
- 1990
63.885 lecturas. Casi veinte años después de su aparición en el Reino Unido nos llega por fin esta secuela de una de las obras más admiradas de Diana Wynne Jones: Howl’s moving castle, publicado en España primero como El castillo viajero (en la antigua edición de SM) y después como El castillo ambulante (en la nueva edición de Berenice).
1 de ene. de 2001 · Castle in the Air is a young adult fantasy novel written by Diana Wynne Jones, and first published in 1990. The novel is a sequel to Howl's Moving Castle and is set in the same fantasy world, though it follows the adventures of Abdullah rather than Sophie Hatter.
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is the sequel to the novel Howl's Moving Castle, written by Diana Wynne Jones and published in 1990. It is the second book in the Castle Series.
Abdullah was a young and not very prosperous carpet dealer. His father, who had been disappointed in him, had left him only enough money to open a modest booth in the Bazaar. When he was not selling carpets, Abdullah spent his time daydreaming. In his dreams he was not the son of his father, but the long-lost son of a prince. There was also a princess who had been betrothed to him at birth. He was content with his life and his daydreams until, one day, a stranger sold him a magic carpet.
In this stunning sequel to Howl's Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones has again created a large-scale, fast-paced fantasy in which people and things are never quite what they seem. There are good and bad djinns, a genie in a bottle, wizards, witches, cats and dogs (but are they cats and dogs?), and a mysterious floating castle filled with kidnapped princesses, as well as two puzzling prophecies. The story speeds along with tantalizing twists and turns until the prophecies are fulfilled, true identities are revealed, and all is resolved in a totally satisfying, breathtaking, surprise-filled ending.
In Rashput
The novel begins with Abdullah, a young carpet merchant living in a baazar in the city of Zanzib. He buys a carpet from a man, who claims that the carpet is magical. Abdullah then finds that the carpet is a magic carpet and takes him to places that replicate his dreams (since he dreams of being a long lost prince). He finds himself in a garden with a lovely woman. He introduces himself. The girl mistakes him for a woman. She then introduces herself as Flower-in-the-Night, daughter of the Sultan of Zanzib. She has been raised in seclusion due to a prophecy that she would marry the first person she meets other than her father. Abdullah brings her pictures of men. When he next arrives, Flower-in-the-Night is kidnapped by a djinn. He is then captured by the Sultan of Zanzib who thinks Abdullah kidnapped his daughter, since he doesn't believe in djinn. He throws Abdullah in the dungeon. Abdullah is lucky to escape with his life when the carpet arrives with Jamal's dog on it.
Flight Through the Desert
When walking across the desert, he meets a gang of thieves who have a bottle containing a bad tempered genie who will grant only a single wish a day. After a wish, Abdullah is transported to the land of Ingary (the setting of the previous book) and meets a soldier who claims to be from Strangia while he is at a pub. He then finds out that he is in Ingary.
Midnight and Whippersnapper
The soldier finds two cats called Midnight and Whippersnapper. He insists on keeping them, much to Abdullah's dismay. Abdullah and the soldier are both framed for assault and robbery. Abdullah tells the magic carpet to bring back the djinn who kidnapped Flower-in-the-Night. It is revealed that the djinn is called Hasruel and is being forced to kidnap princesses around the world by his brother, Dalzel because Dalzel has stolen and hidden his "life." He then tells Abdullah and the soldier that they will help him steal Princess Valeria, and flies away laughing.
Main Characters
•Abdullah- a young carpet merchant and the main character of the story. He often daydreams. One of his most common daydreams is imagining himself as a long lost prince from a faraway land. •Flower-in-the-Night- the daughter of the Sultan of Zanzib. She was raised in seclusion because of a prophecy that said she would marry the first man she laid eyes on. •Dalzel- the main antagonist. An evil djinn who forces his brother to steal princesses to be his wives. •The Soldier
Other Characters
•Sophie Hatter •Morgan •Howl Jenkins Pendragon •Calcifer •Hasruel •Sultan of Zanzib •Jamal •Princess Valeria •Wizard Suliman •Princess Beatrice- Very strong minded. Ran away from home to avoid marrying Prince Justin of Ingary. •Princess of High Norland •Princess of Tsapfan- Looks after Morgan while he is in the Castle in the Air. Claims to have born twelve children, all boys. She has an accent which makes it hard to understand what she says.
22 de abr. de 2008 · There are good and bad djinns, a genie in a bottle, wizards, witches, cats and dogs (but are they cats and dogs?), and a mysterious floating castle filled with kidnapped princesses, as well as two puzzling prophecies.
- Diana Wynne Jones
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- Greenwillow Books
25 de sept. de 2012 · There are good and bad djinns, a genie in a bottle, wizards, witches, cats and dogs (but are they cats and dogs?), and a mysterious floating castle filled with kidnapped princesses, as well as...
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