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==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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+ | It takes place in Victorian England. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
===Lizzie Rose=== | ===Lizzie Rose=== | ||
+ | * She is an orphan, like Parsefall. Her father was a very famous actor. When Lizzie Rose is interviewed by the coppers, constable Hawkins was impressed. | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | * | ||
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===Parsefall=== | ===Parsefall=== | ||
+ | *He is an orphan, like Lizzie Rose, but he is a puppeteer and a thief | ||
+ | *His master is Gaspare Grisini (who has taught him to pick pockets and locks, to be a puppeteer). | ||
+ | *He is always hungry. | ||
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===Clara Wintermute=== | ===Clara Wintermute=== | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | * | ||
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===Cassandra=== | ===Cassandra=== | ||
+ | *Cassandra is a witch tormented by a fire opal. | ||
+ | *She's loaded: she has emeralds, a fire opal, tiger pelts, fur coats. | ||
+ | *She and Gaspare Grisini are enemies | ||
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===Ruby=== | ===Ruby=== | ||
− | ===Gaspare Grisini=== | + | *Ruby is a lap-spaniel. She is Mrs. Pinchbeck's dog, but Lizzie Rose takes care of her. |
+ | *Everyone loves Ruby, even Cassandra (who Ruby really likes). There are only two exceptions: Parsefall & Grisini, neither of whom seem to like dogs. | ||
+ | * | ||
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+ | ===Gaspare Grisini=== | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | * | ||
===Marguerite (dead)=== | ===Marguerite (dead)=== | ||
Latest revision as of 02:02, 16 August 2017
Splendors and Glooms is a 2012 children's novel written by Laura Amy Schlitz. It takes place in Victorian England. The book won a Newbery in 2013.[1]
Contents
Plot
Setting
It takes place in Victorian England.
Characters
Lizzie Rose
- She is an orphan, like Parsefall. Her father was a very famous actor. When Lizzie Rose is interviewed by the coppers, constable Hawkins was impressed.
Parsefall
- He is an orphan, like Lizzie Rose, but he is a puppeteer and a thief
- His master is Gaspare Grisini (who has taught him to pick pockets and locks, to be a puppeteer).
- He is always hungry.
Clara Wintermute
Cassandra
- Cassandra is a witch tormented by a fire opal.
- She's loaded: she has emeralds, a fire opal, tiger pelts, fur coats.
- She and Gaspare Grisini are enemies
Ruby
- Ruby is a lap-spaniel. She is Mrs. Pinchbeck's dog, but Lizzie Rose takes care of her.
- Everyone loves Ruby, even Cassandra (who Ruby really likes). There are only two exceptions: Parsefall & Grisini, neither of whom seem to like dogs.
Gaspare Grisini
Marguerite (dead)
See also
References
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".