Howl's Moving Castle
- Published
- 1 January 1986
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN-13
- 9780060754754
- Type
- novel
About this book
Howl's Moving Castle is the first novel in Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's Moving Castle series, a fantasy title, published in 1986 at 336 pages. It opens the series that ran from 1986 to 2008, and is followed by Castle in the Air.
Key facts about Howl's Moving Castle
Howl's Moving Castle is a novel by Diana Wynne Jones. Readers have had it since 1986. It runs to 336 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Howl's Moving Castle. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780060754754 to find the main one.
Howl's Moving Castle is book 1 of 3 in the Howl's Moving Castle series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Diana Wynne Jones writes The Dalemark Quartet and Chrestomanci as separate series. Those series sit on our fantasy shelf. Meanwhile, The Islands of Chaldea is the latest published Diana Wynne Jones book on file, from 2014.
About Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones was a British author who spent over four decades writing some of the most inventive fantasy fiction published for young readers, prized as much by adults as by children for prose that was witty, structurally daring, and never condescending. See every Diana Wynne Jones book in order.
Its place in Howl's Moving Castle
Howl's Moving Castle is book 1 in the Howl's Moving Castle series. It is followed by Castle in the Air. See the full Howl's Moving Castle reading order.
Howl's Moving Castle opens with a curse: Sophie Hatter, resigned to a dull life running her late father's hat shop because she's the eldest of three sisters in a world where eldest siblings never have adventures, is turned into a ninety-year-old woman by the vain, powerful Witch of the Waste. Rather than despair, Sophie marches into the four-legged, smoke-belching, magically animated castle belonging to the vain, cowardly wizard Howl and installs herself as his cleaning lady, striking up a prickly bargain with…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780060754754