Contents ( 57)
- HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
- Dedication
- Contents
- 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
- HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
- Read on for an excerpt from The Merlin Conspiracy
- I
- ONE
- Read on for an excerpt from Dark Lord of Derkholm
- ONE
- Read on for an excerpt from Archer’s Goon
- Chapter One
- About the Author
- Credits
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
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Howl’s Moving Castle
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jones, Diana Wynne. Howl’s moving castle
p. cm.
“Greenwillow Books”
Summary: The eldest of three sisters, in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared Wizard Howl.
ISBN 978-0-06-147878-9 (pbk.)
EPub Edition © AUGUST 2012 ISBN: 9780062244512
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First Eos edition, 2008
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