# What Escape and Wonder means in The Book of Wonder

> The book repeatedly invites readers to leave the mundane world—especially London—for fantastical realms at the edge of the world, emphasizing the allure of adventure and the imagination as a refuge from everyday weariness.

## Explanation

The book repeatedly invites readers to leave the mundane world—especially London—for fantastical realms at the edge of the world, emphasizing the allure of adventure and the imagination as a refuge from everyday weariness.

The entire chapter is a chronicle of adventures at the edge of the world, emphasizing escape into a realm of wonder.

Shepperalk's joyous gallop across the plain and his departure from his mother's cavern embody a sense of escape into a world of wonder and freedom.

Shard and his crew escape the law and the hangman by retreating to a secret floating island, a wondrous and hidden refuge.

Miss Cubbidge is literally lifted from her mundane London life into a magical, timeless realm of dragons, pearls, and enchanted seas.

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