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His Dark Materials: Book 1

The Golden Compass (edit title)

Also published as "Northern Lights"

by Philip Pullman (Author) (edit contributors)

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"SUPERB . . . WONDER-FILLED." --The Washington Post Book World It was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College and tearing unsupervised through Oxford's motley streets on mad quests for adventure. But Lyra's greatest adventure would... read more

Summary

The story starts when Lyra Belacqua— a supposedly orphaned, 12 year old girl residing at Jordan College, Oxford—secretly enters and hides in the forbidden 'Retiring Room' in the college, despite resistance from her dæmon, Pantalaimon — an animal-formed, shape-shifting manifestation of her... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

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First Sentence

Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: OXFORD-------------PART TWO: BOLVANGER---------PART THREE: SVALBARD

ONE- The Decanter of Tokay--TEN- The Consul and the Bear---EIGHTEEN- Fog and Ice
TWO- The Idea of North--------ELEVEN- Armor--------------------NINETEEN- Captivity
THREE- Lyra's Jordan-----------TWELVE- The Lost Boy-----------TWENTY- Mortal Combat
FOUR- The Alethiometer--------THIRTEEN- Fencing--------------TWENTY-ONE- Lord Asriel's
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Welcome
FIVE- The Cocktail Party--------FOURTEEN- Bolvangar Lights---TWENTY-TWO- Betrayal
SIX- The Throwing Nets---------FIFTEEN- The Dæmon Cages---TWENTY-THREE- The Bridge to
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------the Stars
SEVEN- John Faa----------------SIXTEEN- The Silver Guillotine
EIGHT- Frustration--------------SEVENTEEN- The Witches
NINE- The Spies

Series

This is book 1 in the His Dark Materials series.

This is book 1 in the Queste Oscure Materie series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Philip Pullman (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Philip Pullman (Cover Artist)
  2. David Scutt (Cover Artist)
 

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