The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

基本信息

Edited by：Joan Aiken

Publisher：penguin uk

Published：02 Jul 2015

Language：English

Format Paperback：272 pages

ISBN10：0141362669

ISBN13：9780141362663

Weight：191 g

Dimensions：129 x 198 x 17（mm）

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

在英国历史上从未发生过的一段时期，善良的国王詹姆斯三世在位，整个国家被狼所蹂躏，它们通过新开通的英吉利海峡隧道迁徙而来。当孤儿邦妮和西尔维娅落入邪恶的斯莱特卡普小姐手中时，他们需要所有的智慧——以及鹅仔西蒙的帮助——才能毫发无损地逃脱，因为家庭女教师比环绕威洛比蔡斯大房子的狼群更残忍和无情。

小说中充满了狄更斯式的人物形象，对于喜欢情节丰富、人物塑造良好的老式故事的青少年读者来说，这将是一个不错的选择。这本书经常出现在受欢迎的儿童书籍清单上。

In a period of English History that never happened, when Good King James III is on the throne, and the whole country is ravaged by wolves which have migrated through the newly-opened Channel Tunnel. When orphans Bonnie and Sylvia fall into the hands of evil Miss Slighcarp, they need all their wits - and the help of Simon the goose-boy - to escape unscathed, for the governess is more cruel and merciless than the wolves that surround the great house of Willoughby Chase.

Filled with brilliantly-drawn Dickensian characters, it would make an excellent choice for strong preteen readers who like an old-fashioned story with a strong plot and good characterisation. This book often appears on lists of best-loved children's books.

作者简介

琼·德拉诺·艾肯(1924-2004)是美国诗人康拉德·艾肯的女儿。琼做过各种各样的工作，包括BBC、联合国新闻中心，然后是一份短篇小说杂志的特写编辑。她的一部儿童小说《洞穴王国》于1960年出版。琼·艾肯为年轻读者和成年人写了一百多本书，被公认为20世纪的经典作家之一。她知名的作品是《詹姆斯三世》(James III)系列小说，其中的一本书是《威洛比蔡斯的狼群》(the Wolves of Willoughby Chase)， 1962年出版，并获得了刘易斯·卡罗尔(Lewis Carroll)奖。这部电影和巴特西的《黑心》都被拍摄了下来。她的作品在国际上享有盛誉，并因《低语山》获得美国埃德加·爱伦·坡奖和英国《卫报》小说奖。1999年，琼·艾肯因其对儿童书籍的贡献被授予英帝国勋章。

Joan Delano Aiken (1924-2004) was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken. Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her first children's novel, The Kingdom of the Cave, was published in 1960. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of which The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first title, published in l962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and Black Hearts in Battersea have been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction in this country for The Whispering Mountain. In 1999 Joan Aiken was awarded an MBE for her services to children's books.