The Marvels / Brian Selznick.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: 665 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0545448689
- 9780545448680
- Actors -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- England -- London -- Juvenile fiction
- Recluses -- Juvenile fiction
- Runaway children -- Juvenile fiction
- Shipwreck survival -- Juvenile fiction
- Theater -- England -- London -- Juvenile fiction
- Theaters -- Juvenile fiction
- Theatrical companies -- Juvenile fiction
- Actors and actresses -- Fiction
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- Family life -- England -- London -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Juvenile fiction
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Don't miss Selznick's other novels in words and pictures, The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck , which together with The Marvels , form an extraordinary thematic trilogy! A breathtaking new voyage from Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick. Two stand-alone stories--the first in nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, the second in prose--create a beguiling narrative puzzle.The journey begins at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage.Nearly a century later, runaway Joseph Jervis seeks refuge with an uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits and ghostly presences, captivates Joseph and leads him on a search for clues about the house, his family, and the past.A gripping adventure and an intriguing invitation to decipher how the two stories connect, The Marvels is a loving tribute to the power of story from an artist at the vanguard of creative innovation.
Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text. Inspired by the Dennis Severs' House in London.
The journey begins on a ship at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage. Nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis runs away from school and seeks refuge with a reclusive uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits and ghostly presences, captivates Joseph and leads him on a search for clues about the house, his family, and the past.