The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

The Wolves Chronicles #1 ''Now a Compelling Film''

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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

The Wolves Chronicles #1 ''Now a Compelling Film''

First Puffin ed.
  • 4.43 ·
  • 7 Ratings
  • 66 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 16 Have read

Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage. Left in the care of the cruel Miss Slighcarp, the girls can hardly believe what is happening to their once happy home

The servants are dismissed, the furniture is sold, and Bonnie and Sylvia are sent to a prison-like orphan school. It seems as if the endless hours of drudgery will never cease.

With the help of Simon the gooseboy and his flock, they escape. But how will they ever get Willoughby Chase free from the clutches of the evil Miss Slighcarp?

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English
Pages
159

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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Wolves #1
2015, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
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Wolves of Willoughby Chase
2012, Random House Children's Books
in English
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Wolves of Willoughby Chase
2012, Penguin Random House
in English
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Wolves #1
2012, Penguin Random House
in English
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Wolves #1
2011, Jonathan Cape
in English
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Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Apr 25, 2008, Paw Prints 2008-04-25
library binding
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Wolves of Willoughby Chase
2004, Random House
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Wolves #1
2004, Red Fox
in English
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The wolves of Willoughby Chase
2001, Red Fox
in English
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Wolves #1
2001, Dell Yearling
in English - One previous ed.
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Wolves #1
November 14, 2000, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
in English
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The wolves of Willoughby Chase
2000, Delacorte Press
in English - Delacorte Press ed.
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Wolves Chronicles)
October 1999, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding in English
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THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE (RANDOM HOUSE MODERN CLASSICS)
1994, RED FOX
Hardcover
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Wolves #1
1994, RED FOX
- Random House Modern Classics
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The wolves of Willoughby Chase
1992, Red Fox, RED FOX
in English
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
October 1, 1989, Listening Library
Audio Cassette in English
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
January 1988, Perfection Learning Prebound
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
1987, Dell Yearling
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Wolves #1
1987, Dell Pub. Co.
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Wolves #1
October 1, 1987, Yearling
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The wolves of Willoughby Chase
1986, Chivers
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Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Lythway Book)
April 1986, MacMillan Publishing Company
Hardcover in English - Largeprint edition
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Wolves #1
1982, Puffin
in English
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
April 15, 1981, Laurel Leaf
in English
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Wölfe ums Schloss
1980, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
in German - 5. Auflage
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Wolves of Willoughby Chase
June 1977, Caedmon Audio Cassette
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Unicorn)
June 2, 1975, Nelson Thornes Ltd
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The wolves of Willoughby Chase
1974, Cape
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: The Wolves Chronicles #1 ''Now a Compelling Film''
1968, Puffin Book published by the Penguin Group
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Wolves #1
August 6, 1963, Doubleday Books for Young Readers
in English
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Wolves #1
1963, Doubleday
in English - [1st ed. in the U.S.A.]
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Wolves of Willoughby Chase
November 1911, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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Edition Notes

*Printed by Clays Ltd., St. Ives Plc., set in Monotype Garamond. / First published August 6th 1962.

The 1989 film version* was directed by Stuart Orme with a screenplay by William M. Akers. The cast includes Stephanie Beacham as Miss Slighcarp, Mel Smith as Mr. Grimshaw, Geraldine James as Mrs. Brisket, Richard O'Brien as James, and Jane Horrocks as Pattern. Newcomers Emily Hudson and Aleks Darowska played Bonnie and Sylvia.

Although this adaptation is quite faithful to the novel, some characters are omitted (such as Dr. Gabriel Field), others are altered (Mrs. Brisket's daughter Diana is changed into a teenage son named Rupert, who serves as his mother's second-in-command) and the entire final act of the story features considerable changes.--Wikipedia

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London, England
Series
Puffin Books
Other Titles
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1989 Zenith movie)
Copyright Date
1962 by Joan Aiken (text); Jonathan Cape Ltd. (illus.)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ7.A2695 Wo4,

Contributors

Illustrator
Jonathan Cape Ltd.
Drawings
Pat Marriott

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
159p. [1 unnumb]; illus.
Number of pages
159
Dimensions
7.07 x 4.25 x .42 inches
Weight
4.8 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17434118M
Internet Archive
wolvesofwillough0000aike_v9x2
ISBN 10
0140329587
ISBN 13
9780140329582
LCCN
75374349
OCLC/WorldCat
41181
Library Thing
24496
Goodreads
23120190

Work Description

This novel is the first in the Wolves Chronicles (aka The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Series), a series of children's novels set during the fictional early-19th century reign of King James the third.

A large number of wolves have migrated from the bitter cold of Europe and Russia into Britain via a new "channel tunnel", and terrorize the inhabitants of rural areas. Read about the adventures of cousins Bonnie and Sylvia and their friend Simon the goose-boy as they thwart the evil schemes of their governess Miss Slighcarp, and their so called "teacher" at boarding school, Mrs. Brisket.

The story was made into a film in 1989.

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