It has FINALLY occurred to me who the character of Chrestomanci in Diana Wynne Jones’ Charmed Life reminds me of, both physically — the dapper outfits, the mysterious descriptions of his past and mysterious power — and I swear, it’s Gatsby. As in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The similarities between them (polar-opposite genres [...]
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Chrestomanci is like Gatsby! Minus the tragedy…
posted by erin on November 21, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/chrestomanci-is-like-gatsby-minus-the-tragedy
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
Last night I finished House of Many Ways, Diana Wynne Jones’s most recent book and the third book set in the world of Howl’s Moving Castle after Castle in the Air. I read both Howl’s and Castle in college, and I am a huge fan of the Miyazaki film adaptation of Howl’s Moving Castle, despite [...]
posted by erin on October 28, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/house-of-many-ways
