false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543712m/24777.jpg 24777 21 "I might have occupied my mind usefully with Improving Thoughts, but the only improvement I could imagine then was a pair of wings, to enable me to fly to freedom. And, of course, a Head for Heights. I cleaned the dust from the window and peered out hopefully, but there was nothing but a Horrid Precipice, with jagged crags several thousands of feet below." Such are the woes of young Charlotte, locked in a tower room of her uncle's gloomy Castle Karlstein in 19th-century Switzerland. Escaping this predicament seems the least of her worries: in a solemn blood pact, her evil uncle, Count Karlstein, has promised to sacrifice his two orphaned nieces, Lucy and Charlotte, to Zamiel the Demon Huntsman--on midnight of All Souls' Eve--in return for his current riches.<p> First, however, the heartless Count and his "lip-licking, moist-handed, creeping, smarming" secretary, Herr Arturo Snivelwurst, will have to catch Lucy, too--and it is no small task with the headstrong, 14-year-old Hildi Kelmar; her 18-year-old, handsome-in-a-scowling-sort-of-way brother, Peter; and the intrepid English teacher Miss Augusta Davenport on the girls' side. As Miss Davenport herself points out, "an English gentlewoman can rise above any circumstances, given intelligence and a loaded pistol." The events in this delightful gothic farce unfold quickly in a variety of narrative voices, artfully building in suspense to a powerful, terrifying, deeply satisfying stand-off between the Count and the Demon Huntsman of Impenetrable Darkness himself. Subplots and loose ends are gracefully, happily, justly tied up in the light of day, finally allowing readers to exhale.<p> British novelist Philip Pullman, masterful storyteller and creator of the bestselling adventures <I>The Golden Compass</I> and <I>The Subtle Knife</I>, mesmerizes us again with his playful, suspenseful thriller <I>Count Karlstein</I>, released in the United States 16 years after its appearance in the United Kingdom. Readers young and old will revel in every angle, twist, and turn of this breathlessly paced, very funny page-turner. (Ages 11 and older) <I>--Karin Snelson</I> 2385747 1982 Count Karlstein total:334|5:45|4:103|3:141|2:39|1:6| 334 1144 446 33 24777 0375803483 9780375803482 306 30 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543712m/24777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24777.Count_Karlstein 3 0 false Wed Dec 10 11:15:54 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 08:00:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 24777 0375803483 9780375803482 306 30 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543712m/24777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24777.Count_Karlstein 5 0 false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 07:34:19 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 11:00:15 -0700 2009
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