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Beauty's awakening: A masque of winter and of spring - Performed in the Guildhall, London, June 1899 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899.
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In a career spanning four decades, award-winning author Diana Wynne Jones (1934?2011) wrote more than forty books of fantasy for young readers. Characterized by magic, multiple universes, witches and wizards-and a charismatic nine-lived enchanter-her books are filled with unlimited imagination, dazzling plots, and an effervescent sense of humor that earned her legendary status in the world of fantasy.
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What if your strangest dreams and wildest imaginings turned out to be . . . well . . . true?
In this riveting collection, master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones presents wildly unpredictable tales in which even the most routine lives are visited by extraordinary events:
- A writer's character infiltrates her computer and makes her an accomplice in his cyber revolt
- A sick girl's drawings come to life -- with a vengeance
- A vet's dream about a wounded werewolf is interrupted by a startling phone call
- A cat tells how the kindhearted wizard she owns is suddenly called upon to defeat a horrific Beast
These fifteen stories and one novella -- including three works never before published in the United States -- will tickle and enchant, startle and surprise.
