Series
The Magician's House
William Corlett · 4 novels · 1990–1992
William Corlett's The Magician's House quartet blends contemporary and historical settings around a rural manor, tending toward urban-fantasy sensibilities despite its countryside backdrop, in the vein of writers like Alan Garner and Susan Cooper. Published in the early 1990s as The Steps Up the Chimney, The Door in the Tree, The Tunnel Behind the Waterfall, and The Bridge in the Clouds, it was later adapted into two British television mini-series featuring the voices of Jennifer Saunders and Stephen Fry.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
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By decade
- 1990s4
Shape
4 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:fantasycoming of agebritish islescontemporaryadventurousmiddle grade
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book4 of 4 works carry a tone
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- The Door in the Treedarkest · most intense
- The Tunnel Behind the Waterfallbrightest · calmest