Title:
The wrinkle in time quartet
JLCTITLE245:
Madeleine L'Engle ; Leonard S. Marcus, editor.
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Uniform Title:
Novels. Selections
Publication Information:
New York, New York : The Library of America, [2018]
Physical Description:
854 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9781598535785
Series:
General Note:
This Library of America volume presents Madeleine L'Engle's iconic classic A Wrinkle in Time, one of the most beloved and influential novels for young readers ever written, in a newly-prepared authoritative text and, as a special feature, it includes never-before-seen deleted passages from the novel in an appendix.
Abstract:
This first volume gathers Wrinkle with three books that chronicle the continuing adventures of Meg and her siblings. In A Wind in the Door, Meg and Calvin descend into the microverse to save Charles Wallace from the Echthroi, evil beings who are trying to unname existence. When a madman threatens nuclear war in A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Charles Wallace must save the future by traveling into the past. And in Many Waters, Sandy and Dennys, Meg's twin brothers, are accidentally transported back to the time of Noah's ark -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 830-845).
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Added Author:
Contents:
A wrinkle in time -- A wind in the door -- A swiftly tilting planet -- Many waters -- Appendix. The expanding universe, Newbery Award acceptance speech ; Unpublished essay on time ; Childlike wonder and the truths of science fiction ; Dare to be creative! Lecture at the Library of Congress ; Four deleted sections from A wrinkle in time ; Commencement address at Ashley Hall, Charleston, South Carolina, 1982.