The Marvels, Brian Selznick
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The Marvels, Brian Selznick
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The Marvels
Responsibility statement
Brian Selznick
Summary
In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences
Target audience
pre adolescent
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Juvenile works
- Great Britain -- History -- Fiction
- Adventure fiction
- Family life -- England -- London -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Theaters -- Fiction
- History
- Adventure stories
- London (England) -- Juvenile fiction
- London (England) -- History -- Fiction
- Actors -- England -- London -- Juvenile fiction
- Theater -- England -- London -- Juvenile fiction
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- Families -- England -- London -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Actors and actresses -- Fiction
Content
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Illustrator
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre4
- Subject15
- Juvenile works
- Great Britain -- History -- Fiction
- Adventure fiction
- Family life -- England -- London -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Theaters -- Fiction
- History
- Adventure stories
- London (England) -- Juvenile fiction
- London (England) -- History -- Fiction
- Actors -- England -- London -- Juvenile fiction
- Theater -- England -- London -- Juvenile fiction
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- Families -- England -- London -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Actors and actresses -- Fiction
- Content2
- Author1
- Illustrator1