Madeleine L'Engle: The Kairos Novels: The Wrinkle in Time and Polly O'Keefe Quartets: A Library of America Boxed Set

Madeleine L'Engle

Madeleine L'Engle: The Kairos Novels: The Wrinkle in Time and Polly O'Keefe  Quartets: A Library of America Boxed Set
Format
Hardback
Publisher
The Library of America
Country
United States
Published
18 September 2018
Pages
1925
ISBN
9781598535778

Madeleine L'Engle: The Kairos Novels: The Wrinkle in Time and Polly O'Keefe Quartets: A Library of America Boxed Set

Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Timewas only the beginning- rediscover an American classic with all seven of its sequels in this deluxe, two-volume collector’s edition boxed set.

Here, for the first time, in a newly-prepared authoritative text, Madeleine L'Engle’s iconic classicA Wrinkle in Time, one of the most beloved and influential novels for young readers ever written, is presented with all seven of its sequels–what L'Engle called the Kairos (or cosmic time ) novels–in a deluxe two-volume boxed set, complete with never-before-seen deleted passages fromA Wrinkle in Time. L'Engle’s unforgettable heroine, Meg Murry, must confront her fears and self-doubt to rescue her scientist father, who has been experimenting with mysterious tesseracts capable of bending the very fabric of space and time. Helping her are her little brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin O'Keefe, and a trio of strange supernatural visitors called Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who, and Mrs Which. ButA Wrinkle in Timewas only the beginning of the adventure.

InA Wind in the Door, Meg and Calvin descend into the microverse to save Charles Wallace from beings called Echthroi, who are trying to erase existence. InA Swiftly Tilting Planet, when a madman threatens nuclear war, Charles Wallace must save the future by traveling into the past. And inMany Waters, Meg’s twin brothers are accidentally transported back to the time of Noah’s ark. The final four books center on Calvin and Meg’s daughter Polly. InThe Arm of the Starfish, Polly disappears, and Calvin’s research assistant is implicated in her kidnapping. InDragons in the Waters, Polly and her brother Charles are on a ship sailing to Venezuela when they help solve a murder connected to a stolen portrait of Simon Bolivar. Polly receives an education in different kinds of love inA House Like a Lotus. And inAn Acceptable Time, Polly is lured through a tesseract by a friend who may be hoping to sacrifice Polly in order to save himself.

LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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