The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Author:
Joan Aiken
Illustrator:
Pat Marriott
Publication:
1962 by Jonathan Cape Ltd
Simultaneously published by:
Doubleday
Genre:
Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction
Series:
The Wolves Chronicles Series
Pages:
159
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Wicked wolves without and a grim governess within the great English country house of Willoughby Chase prove sore trials to brave and resourceful Bonnie, her cousin Sylvia, and their faithful friend, Simon.
Little did the girls dream, when Bonnie's parents left them in the care of the terrible Miss Slighcarp, what the future would hold. Their life at the Chase seemed almost unendurable, but then Miss Slighcarp sent them off to her sister, brutal Mrs. Brisket, and her daughter, the awful Diana. With only Simon to help them, Bonnie and Sylvia face many chilly misadventures in this outrageously funny and suspensful tale.
A brilliant mixture of suspensful Victorian melodrama and tongue-in-cheek, this outrageously funny tale is an enchantment from start to finish.
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Joan Aiken
1924 - 2004British
Joan Aiken has been writing since childhood — her first poems were published when she was sixteen and the first stories when she was seve... See more
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Reviewed by Jenny Phillips
This little-known classic, written over 50 years ago, was a great discovery. With an exemplary writing style, Joan Aiken pulls readers into the lives of young heroines...
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is filled with enough scary moments to make this for sturdy older kids only....
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Bleak roads, marauding wolves and an isolated mansion combine to form an atmosphere of haunting suspense on the first few pages...
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken is the first book in the “Wolves Chronicles” series. Bonnie and Sylvia must try to keep their evil governess from stealing the family estate...
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