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Throughout time, the forces of good and evil have battled continuously, maintaining the balance. Whenever evil forced grow too powerful, a champion of good is called to drive them back. Now, with evil's power rising and a champion yet to be found, three siblings find themselves at the center... read more
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Summary edit
Three children on a holiday in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest for a grail that would reveal the true story of King Arthur and that entraps them in the eternal battle between the forces of the Light and the forces of the Dark.
Characters/People edit
- Simon Drew: the eldest of the Drew siblings.
- Jane Drew: the only girl of the Drew siblings. Middle child - 11 months younger than Simon
- Merriman Lyon: known to the Drew siblings as "Great-Uncle Merry" or "Gumerry"; Professor, Oxford University.
- Mrs. Palk: She is the "maid" of the Gray House
- Mr. Hastings: local vicar
- Mr. Norman Withers: an antique salesman; has a yacht that Simon likes
- Bill Hoover: mean local boy
- Barnabas "Barney" Drew: youngest of the Drew siblings.
- Mr. Penhallow: Add a description of this character.
- King Arthur: mentioned in the story, not really a character
- Bedwin: a knight, left a mysterious manuscript
- Miss Hatherton: A famous sculptress. She was a teacher to Mrs. Drew.
- Polly Withers: Mr Norman Wither's sister
- Ellen Drew: Mother
- Mr. Drew: Father
- Captain Toms: owns Grey House
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
"Where is he?"
Table of Contents edit
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 5 in The Dark Is Rising Sequence. (standard series)
Followed by The Dark Is Rising.
This book is in Folio Society. (publisher edition list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Susan Cooper (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: May 1965
ISBN: 0224607340
Page Count: 252
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: May 1965
ISBN: 0224607340
Page Count: 252
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ7.C7878 Ov
- Dewey: Add the Dewey Classification.
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- The Folio Society: The first book in the award-winning The Dark is Rising sequence, Over Sea, Under Stone also stands alone as a thrilling mixture of adventure and fantasy. Its theme is the eternal battle between the Light and the Dark, which Merry tells the children ‘goes on all round us all the time, like two armies fighting’. Susan Cooper has contributed a new preface to this edition, in which she explains that the original impetus for this story was a literary competition (a catalyst that soon vanished as the novel took on its own life). She has also been involved in choosing the illustrator: Laura Carlin’s unerring sense of colour and eye for the uncanny have created memorable, evocative images of both the characters and landscape.
Movie Connections edit
- The seeker: the dark is rising (2007) (IMDb): Starring Alexander Ludwig, Ian McShane and Christopher Eccleston
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