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The Adderhead's immortality is bound in a book by Meggie's father, Mo, who has ordered his henchmen to plunder the villages. The peasants' only defense is a band of outlaws led by the Bluejay, Mo's fictitious double, whose identity he has reluctantly adopted. The Book of Immortality is... read more
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Caught between the covers of a cursed story... Ever since the extraordinary events of Inkspell, when the enchanted book Inkheart drew Meggie and her father, Mo, into its chapters, life in the Inkworld has been more tragic than magical. Dustfinger is dead, having sacrificed his life for his... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Meggie Folchart: A book worm. Loving. Caring. Glad to be reunited with her family in the Inkworld.
- Mortimer Folchart: Meggie's father, also known as Mo, the Bluejay, and Silvertongue.
- Farid: Read out a book in "Inkheart" now he is on a quest to get Dustfinger back.
- Dustfinger: Fire-eater that died in Inkspell (the second book). Married to Roxane. Has two daughters ,Brianna and Rosanna (she died at a young age), and one half-son, Jehad.
- Fenoglio: Also known as Inkweaver. The author of Inkheart (for the book), he is an old man who is read into his own book. He believes his story is getting out of control and he and Meggie try to fix it.
- Violante: The widow of Cosimo the Fair. Her father is the Adderhead. Also known as 'Her Ugliness'.
- Roxane: Dustfinger's wife, and a great beauty, with raven hair and alabaster skin. It is said her voice is very beautiful. Has three children -Brianna, Susanna (passed away), and Jehad (with her 2nd deceased husband)
- Doria: Half brother of Lazaro, the Strong Man. One of the youngest strolling players. He has two stiff fingers.
- Jacopo: Violante's and Cosimo's son. Adderhead's grandson. Very spoiled.
- Brianna: Dustfinger's and Roxane's daughter. Violante's maid. In love with Cosimo.
- Darius: A clumsy reader already introduced in Inkheart when working for Capricorn. Becomes Elinor's librarian. Eventually reads both Elinor and himself to the Inkworld.
- Mortola: Capricorn's mother, already introduced in Inkheart.
- Teresa Folchart: Also known as Resa. Meggie's mother, and Mo's wife.
- Jasper: Orpheus's second glass man, brother of Ironstone. A friend of Farid.
- Rosenquartz: Fenoglio's glass man, known for quarreling with Fenoglio and chasing glass women.
- Minerva: Fenoglio's landlady in Ombra, mother of Ivo and Despina.
- Battista: A mask-making strolling player, disfigured by pockmarks.
- Orpheus: Also known as Calf's-Head, Cheeseface, Milkface, Moonface and Four-Eyes. A greedy and stuck-up reader, already introduced in Inkspell.
- Despina: Minerva's daughter.
- Elinor Loredan: Meggie's great aunt. She loves collecting books, and is very protective of them. She can be grumpy and very old-lady like. She is also kind of cranky at times.
- Cosimo: Laughing Prince's son, Roxane's husband and Jacopo's father.
- Tullio: Furry-faced page of the Laughing Prince, loyal to Violante.
- Balbulus: Master illuminator, living in Ombra Castle.
- Gwin: Dustfinger's horned marten.
- Taddeo: Librarian in the Castle of Night.
- Ivo: Minerva's son.
- Gecko: One of the Black Prince's robbers.
- Sootbird: Strolling player, a very bad fire-eater. An informant to the Adderhead.
- Lazaro: A strolling player, half brother of Doria. Also called the Strong Man.
- Woodenfoot: Add a description of this character.
Quotes edit
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“‘What will become of the child?’ she asked, full of dread.‘It will dream of flying,’ Silvertongue replied. Just as the bookbinder dreamt of the robber, and the robber of the bookbinder, and the Fire-Dancer dreamt of the flames and the minstrel woman who could dance like them. Perhaps, after all, this world was made of dreams, and an old man had merely found the words for them.”
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“many of the snowflakes he had told her, were tiny elves who kissed your face with icy lips before melting on your warm skin. The child stared up at the whirling snow, and Meggie went on talking, letting the words comfort her too while the world around turned white, letting herself go back to the days when Mo used to tell her stories – before he was part of a story himself.”
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“She read and read and read, but she was stuffing herself with the letters on the page like an unhappy child stuffing itself with chocolate. They didn’t taste bad, but she was still unhappy.”
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“You know Fenoglio likes sad stories. Maybe that's where all the unhappiness comes from. It's just that sort of story...”
Meggie Folchart
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
Moonlight fell on Elinor's bathrobe, her nightdress, her bare feet, and the dog lying in front of them.
Table of Contents edit
Map of the Inkworld
Summaries of Inkheart and Inkspell
1. Nothing but a Dog and a Sheet of Paper
2. Only a Village
3. Written Silver
4. Ink-Clothes
5. Fenoglio Feels Sorry for Himself
6. Sad Ombra
7. A Dangerous Visit
8. Roxane's Pain
9. A Giveaway
10. As If Nothing Had Happened
11. Sick with Longing
12. Back in the Service of Orpheus
13. A Knife through the Heart
14. News from Ombra
15. Loud Words, Soft Words
16. The Piper's Offer
17. The Wrong Fear
18. A Dangerous Ally
19. Soldiers' Hands
20. A Sleepless Night
21. Sharp Words
22. Taking the Bait
23. The Graveyard of the Strolling Players
24. To Blame
25. The End and the Beginning
26. A Familiar Voice
27. Lost and Back Again
28. A New Song
29. A Visitor to Orpheus's Cellar
30. Sootbirds Fire
31. The Bluejay's Answer
32. At Last
33. Herbs for Her Ugliness
34. Burnt Words
35. The Next Verse
36. A Surprising Visitor
37. Only a Magpie
38. A Greeting to the Piper
39. Stolen Children
40. A New Cage
41. Pictures from the Ashes
42. An Audience with the Adderhead
43. Four Berries
44. The Hand of Death
45. Written and Unwritten
46. The Castle in the Lake
47. The Role of Women
48. Waiting
49. Masters New and Old
50. Lazy Old Man
51. The Wrong Helpers
52. The Dead Man in the Forest
53. Human Nests
54. The White Whispering
55. The Wrong Time
56. Fire and Darkness
57. Too Late?
58. Help from Mountains Far Away
59. The Bluejay's Angels
60. Mother and Son
61. Clothed and Unclothed
62. Black
63. Ah, Fenoglio!
64. Light
65. Made Visible
66. Love Disguised as Hate
67. The Other Name
68. Back
69. The Adderhead's Bedchamber
70. Burning Words
71. The Bookbinder
72. So Many Tears
73. The Night-Mare
74. The Other Side
75. The Book
76. White Night
77. Over
78. Staked on the Wrong Card
79. Leaving
80. Ombra
81. Later
An A-Z of the Inkworld
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 3 in Inkworld Trilogy. (standard series)
Preceded by Inkspell.
This is book 3 of 3 in Inkheart. (standard series)
Preceded by Inkspell.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Cornelia Funke (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Esther Ottens (Translator) - Translated from German to Dutch
- Anthea Bell (Translator)
- Tanja Mlaker (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: German
Publisher: CECILIE DRESSLER VERLAG
Country: Germany
Publication Date: 28 September 2007
ISBN: 3791504762
Page Count: 768
Publisher: CECILIE DRESSLER VERLAG
Country: Germany
Publication Date: 28 September 2007
ISBN: 3791504762
Page Count: 768
Awards edit
- Jury der jungen Leser (2004)
- Phantastik-Preis der Stadt Wetzlar (2004)
- Kalbacher Klapperschlange (2004)
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsParents need to know that, while the violence isn't especially graphic, there is lots of it, and references to all kinds of gruesome ways to torture and kill.
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