Escape and Wonder

Where it surfaces

• The Book of Wonder

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

• The Bride of the Man-Horse

  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.

• The Loot of Bombasharna

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

• Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon of Romance

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

• How One Came, as Was Foretold, to the City of Never

  The protagonist escapes the ordinary world to reach the twilight City of Never, a place of perpetual wonder, hippogriffs, and unknown marvels.

• The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap

  Shap's entire journey is an escape from his dreary life into a vivid fantasy world of his own creation.

• The Wonderful Window

  Mr. Sladden's purchase of the magical window offers him an escape from his mundane life into a fantastical medieval city.