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Description
In the sleepy English countryside at the dawn of the Victorian Era, life moves at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of Wall--a secluded hamlet so named for an imposing stone barrier that surrounds a fertile grassland. Armed sentries guard the sole gap in the bulwark to keep the inquisitive... read more
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Memorable Quotes
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“All things have rules”
Lady Una
First Sentence
There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart's Desire.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: In Which We Learn of the Village of Wall, and of the
Curious Thing That Occurs There Every Nine Years
Chapter Two: In Which Tristran Thorn Grows to Manhood
and Makes a Rash Promise
Chapter Three: In Which We Encounter Several Other Persons,
Many of Them Still Alive, With an Interest in the
Fate of the Fallen Star
Chapter Four: “Can I Get There by Candlelight?”
Chapter Five: In Which There is Much Fighting for the Crown
Chapter Six: What the Tree Said
Chapter Seven: “At the Sign of the Chariot”
Chapter Eight: Which Treats of Castles in the Air, and Other Matters
Chapter Nine: Which Deals Chiefly With the Events
At Diggory’s Dyke
Chapter Ten: Stardust
Authors & Contributors
- Neil Gaiman (Author)
- Charles Vess (Illustrator)
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