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Diana Wynne Jones. Charmed Life
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
BEYOND THE BOOK
Spotlight on… Diana Wynne Jones
What inspired you to write Charmed Life?
Where were you when you wrote it?
When you had finished writing Charmed Life, what surprised you most about it?
Is the character of Chrestomanci based on a real person?
Do you think Chrestomanci, Cat or any of the other characters will feature in future stories?
Are there any funny incidents that happened while you were writing Charmed Life?
Parts of your stories always come true. What came true in Charmed Life?
Have you ever caused something magical to happen?
Your travel jinx has stranded you on a desert island. Which book would you like to have with you?
Which character from fiction would you like to meet there?
Which real person would you like to meet?
Who would you hope wasn’t there?
What essential item would you need to keep you happy until you found your way home?
What’s the strangest dream you’ve ever had?
What advice would you give to a new writer?
Have you ever wondered?
Wizards, Witches and Enchanters
Magicians and Illusionists
Parallel Worlds
Other Works
About the Publisher
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Illustrated by Tim Stevens
Title Page
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Mrs Sharp, who was glad of any aid to witchcraft, usually gathered the spell up carefully and hid it. But once or twice, Cat found the odd spell lying about. Then he could not resist trying it. He would have liked to have had just a little of Gwendolen’s talent. He always hoped that he was a late-developer and that, some day, a spell would work for him. But they never did – not even the one for turning brass buttons into gold, which Cat particularly fancied.
The various fortune-tellers gave Gwendolen presents too. She got an old crystal ball from the Diviner and a pack of cards from the Soothsayer. The Fortune-teller told her fortune for her. Gwendolen came in golden and exultant from that.
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