The Marvels
Record details
- ISBN: 9780545922128
- ISBN: 0545922127
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource : chiefly illustrations - Publisher: New York : Scholastic Books, 2015.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text. Inspired by the Dennis Severs' House in London. |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive, viewed September 28, 2015). |
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Genre: | Electronic books. |
Electronic resources
Summary:
The journey begins on a ship at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage. Nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis runs away from school and seeks refuge with a reclusive uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits and ghostly presences, captivates Joseph and leads him on a search for clues about the house, his family, and the past.