The Enchanted Castle
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The Enchanted Castle

by Edith Nesbit

1907•Fantasy•186 pages

Taste attributes: fantasyfamilyadventurefresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossyenclosedfish out of water/culture clashunlikely connectionsall consuming quest

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly fantasy novel that is good-natured, breezy and fresh. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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4.2 / 5

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About This Book

E. Nesbit's classic story of how Gerald, Cathy and Jimmy find an enchanted garden and awake a princess from a hundred-year sleep, only to have her immediately made invisible by a magic ring. Her rescue is difficult, funny and sometimes frightening.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FantasyFamilyAdventureFish out of water/culture clashUnlikely connectionsAll consuming quest

Subjects

FantasyMagicRingsFriendshipHistoryEnglandBrothers and sistersWishes

Details

Author
Edith Nesbit
Published
1907
Pages
186
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