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Howl's Moving Castle

Diana Wynne Jones
Contents ( 57)
  1. HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
  2. Dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Chapter One
  5. IN WHICH SOPHIE TALKS TO HATS
  6. Chapter Two
  7. IN WHICH SOPHIE IS COMPELLED TO SEEK HER FORTUNE
  8. Chapter Three
  9. IN WHICH SOPHIE ENTERS INTO A CASTLE AND A BARGAIN
  10. Chapter Four
  11. IN WHICH SOPHIE DISCOVERS SEVERAL STRANGE THINGS
  12. Chapter Five
  13. WHICH IS FAR TOO FULL OF WASHING
  14. Chapter Six
  15. IN WHICH HOWL EXPRESSES HIS FEELINGS WITH GREEN SLIME
  16. Chapter Seven
  17. IN WHICH A SCARECROW PREVENTS SOPHIE FROM LEAVING THE CASTLE
  18. Chapter Eight
  19. IN WHICH SOPHIE LEAVES THE CASTLE IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS AT ONCE
  20. Chapter Nine
  21. IN WHICH MICHAEL HAS TROUBLE WITH A SPELL
  22. Chapter Ten
  23. IN WHICH CALCIFER PROMISES SOPHIE A HINT
  24. Chapter Eleven
  25. IN WHICH HOWL GOES TO A STRANGE COUNTRY IN SEARCH OF A SPELL
  26. Chapter Twelve
  27. IN WHICH SOPHIE BECOMES HOWL’S OLD MOTHER
  28. Chapter Thirteen
  29. IN WHICH SOPHIE BLACKENS HOWL’S NAME
  30. Chapter Fourteen
  31. IN WHICH A ROYAL WIZARD CATCHES A COLD
  32. Chapter Fifteen
  33. IN WHICH HOWL GOES TO A FUNERAL IN DISGUISE
  34. Chapter Sixteen
  35. IN WHICH THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF WITCHCRAFT
  36. Chapter Seventeen
  37. IN WHICH THE MOVING CASTLE MOVES HOUSE
  38. Chapter Eighteen
  39. IN WHICH THE SCARECROW AND MISS ANGORIAN REAPPEAR
  40. Chapter Nineteen
  41. IN WHICH SOPHIE EXPRESSES HER FEELINGS WITH WEED-KILLER
  42. Chapter Twenty
  43. IN WHICH SOPHIE FINDS FURTHER DIFFICULTIES IN LEAVING THE CASTLE
  44. Chapter Twenty-One
  45. IN WHICH A CONTRACT IS CONCLUDED BEFORE WITNESSES
  46. HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
  47. Read on for an excerpt from The Merlin Conspiracy
  48. I
  49. ONE
  50. Read on for an excerpt from Dark Lord of Derkholm
  51. ONE
  52. Read on for an excerpt from Archer’s Goon
  53. Chapter One
  54. About the Author
  55. Credits
  56. Copyright
  57. About the Publisher

Diana Wynne Jones

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

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Dedication

This one is for Stephen

The idea for this book was suggested by a boy in a school I was visiting, who asked me to write a book called The Moving Castle.

I wrote down his name, and put it in such a safe place, that I have been unable to find it ever since.

I would like to thank him very much.

Contents

Dedication

Chapter One
IN WHICH SOPHIE TALKS TO HATS

Chapter Two
IN WHICH SOPHIE IS COMPELLED TO SEEK HER FORTUNE

Chapter Three
IN WHICH SOPHIE ENTERS INTO A CASTLE AND A BARGAIN

Chapter Four
IN WHICH SOPHIE DISCOVERS SEVERAL STRANGE THINGS

Chapter Five
WHICH IS FAR TOO FULL OF WASHING

Chapter Six
IN WHICH HOWL EXPRESSES HIS FEELINGS WITH GREEN SLIME

Chapter Seven
IN WHICH A SCARECROW PREVENTS SOPHIE FROM LEAVING THE CASTLE

Chapter Eight
IN WHICH SOPHIE LEAVES THE CASTLE IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS AT ONCE

Chapter Nine
IN WHICH MICHAEL HAS TROUBLE WITH A SPELL

Chapter Ten
IN WHICH CALCIFER PROMISES SOPHIE A HINT

Chapter Eleven
IN WHICH HOWL GOES TO A STRANGE COUNTRY IN SEARCH OF A SPELL

Chapter Twelve
IN WHICH SOPHIE BECOMES HOWL’S OLD MOTHER

Chapter Thirteen
IN WHICH SOPHIE BLACKENS HOWL’S NAME

Chapter Fourteen
IN WHICH A ROYAL WIZARD CATCHES A COLD

Chapter Fifteen
IN WHICH HOWL GOES TO A FUNERAL IN DISGUISE

Chapter Sixteen
IN WHICH THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF WITCHCRAFT

Chapter Seventeen
IN WHICH THE MOVING CASTLE MOVES HOUSE

Chapter Eighteen
IN WHICH THE SCARECROW AND MISS ANGORIAN REAPPEAR

Chapter Nineteen
IN WHICH SOPHIE EXPRESSES HER FEELINGS WITH WEED-KILLER

Chapter Twenty
IN WHICH SOPHIE FINDS FURTHER DIFFICULTIES IN LEAVING THE CASTLE

Chapter Twenty-One
IN WHICH A CONTRACT IS CONCLUDED BEFORE WITNESSES

Excerpt from The Merlin Conspiracy

Chapter One

Excerpt from Dark Lord of Derkholm

Chapter One

Excerpt from Archer’s Goon

Chapter One

About the Author

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher

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Chapter One

IN WHICH SOPHIE TALKS TO HATS

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In the land of Ingary, where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of three. Everyone knows you are the one who will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your fortunes.

Sophie Hatter was the eldest of three sisters. She was not even the child of a poor woodcutter, which might have given her some chance of success! Her parents were well to do and kept a ladies’ hat shop in the prosperous town of Market Chipping. True, her own mother died when Sophie was two years old and her sister Lettie was one year old, and their father married his youngest shop assistant, a pretty blonde girl called Fanny. Fanny shortly gave birth to the third sister, Martha. This ought to have made Sophie and Lettie into Ugly Sisters, but in fact all three girls grew up very pretty indeed, though Lettie was the one everyone said was most beautiful. Fanny treated all three girls with the same kindness and did not favor Martha in the least.