THE ENCHANTED CASTLE BY EDITH NESBIT AT LIBRIVOX RECORDINGS
Three children, forced to remain at school during the holidays, go in search of adventure. What they find is a magic castle straight out of a fairy tale, complete with an enchanted princess at the center of a maze. Or is it? The castle turns out to be just a country estate, and the princess is only the housekeeper’s niece, playing at dressing up. But the magic ring she shows them proves — to her surprise and horror — to really be magic. Soon they are caught in an adventure where statues come alive, lost lovers are reunited, and wishes can be granted — but always for a price.
Fairy Land by Gustave Doré 1881Bernadette Watts – The Snow Queen castleGustaf Tenggren 1923 for D’Aulnoy’s Fairy Tales castle in backgroundThe Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft book coverIlon Wikland for Ronja RövardotterEaster illustration 1959Galactic Pot-Healer paperback by Philip K. Dick full coverEyvind Earle (1916 – 2000) 1959 background illustration for Sleeping BeautyIan MillerBrothers Grimm’s Fairy Tales cover illustrated by Fritz Kredel“There is a castle rising up ahead” from Adventures In Wonderland Feb 1956De vloek van Woestewolf by PaulBiegel, illustrated by Carl Hollander, 1974 castleThe Sword of Welleran and Other Stories 1908 illustrated by Sidney Herbert SimeWayne Brown for SLEEPING BEAUTY and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm, Children’s Press 1969 Golden GooseAlice B Preston The Green Forest Fairy Book Castle In The Clouds 1920William Andrew Pogany (August 24, 1882 – July 30, 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children’s and other books castleAdventures in Wonderland April 1955Adventures In Wonderland April 1955 back coverAdventures in Wonderland October 1955The Sleeping Princess from Adventures in Wonderland October 1955Dear Mili illustration by Maurice Sendak, story collected by Wilhelm GrimmAnton Pieck 1940 castle archThe King With Six Friends by Jay Williams, Illustrated by Imero Gobbato (1968)The Moonstone Castle Mystery by Carolyn KeeneCastle of the Lonely Little Goddess by Boleslas Biegas (1877-1954)Joseph Mallord William Turner, Alnwick Castle, c. 1829Chambord: General View of the Château ?1840 William James Müller 1812-1845 Presented by Lady Weston as part of the Sir Joseph Weston Gift 1908 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N02366Mariel WilhoiteColgate and Co’s Cashmere Bouquet Soap and Perfume Anton Franciscus Pieck (19 April 1895 – 24 November 1987) The Canning Season by Polly HorvarthAdventures in Wonderland February 1956 “The Troubadour”
CONTEMPORARY FICTION SET IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (2023)
On paper, things look fine. Sam Dennon recently inherited significant wealth from his uncle. As a respected architect, Sam spends his days thinking about the family needs and rich lives of his clients. But privately? Even his enduring love of amateur astronomy is on the wane. Sam has built a sustainable-architecture display home for himself but hasn’t yet moved into it, preferring to sleep in his cocoon of a campervan. Although they never announced it publicly, Sam’s wife and business partner ended their marriage years ago due to lack of intimacy, leaving Sam with the sense he is irreparably broken.
Now his beloved uncle has died. An intensifying fear manifests as health anxiety, with night terrors from a half-remembered early childhood event. To assuage the loneliness, Sam embarks on a Personal Happiness Project:
