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The Aeneid with Rabbits
The Aeneid with Rabbits: Children's Fantasy as Modern Epic by Hannah Parry A thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Victoria University of Wellington 2016 Acknowledgements Sincere thanks are owed to Geoff Miles and Harry Ricketts, for their insightful supervision of this thesis. Thanks to Geoff also for his previous supervision of my MA thesis and of the 489 Research Paper which began my academic interest in tracking modern fantasy back to classical epic. He must be thoroughly sick of reading drafts of my writing by now, but has never once showed it, and has always been helpful, enthusiastic and kind. For talking to me about Tolkien, Old English and Old Norse, lending me a whole box of books, and inviting me to spend countless Wednesday evenings at their house with the Norse Reading Group, I would like to thank Christine Franzen and Robert Easting. I'd also like to thank the English department staff and postgraduates of Victoria University of Wellington, for their interest and support throughout, and for being some of the nicest people it has been my privilege to meet. Victoria University of Wellington provided financial support for this thesis through the Victoria University Doctoral Scholarship, for which I am very grateful. For access to letters, notebooks and manuscripts pertaining to Rosemary Sutcliff, Philip Pullman, and C.S. Lewis, I would like to thank the Seven Stories National Centre for Children's Books in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Oxford University. Finally, thanks to my parents, William and Lynette Parry, for fostering my love of books, and to my sister, Sarah Parry, for her patience, intelligence, insight, and many terrific conversations about all things literary and fantastical. -
The Plague Dogs Free Ebook
FREETHE PLAGUE DOGS EBOOK Richard Adams | 390 pages | 28 Nov 2006 | Random House USA Inc | 9780345494023 | English | New York, United States The Plague Dogs The Plague Dogs follows dogs Rowf and Snitter that escape from a laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague. Opening with a Dog struggling to stay afloat in a test chamber. Determined to escape the confines of an evil laboratory, two dogs make a flight for freedom into the rugged hills. Panicked by the cries of other animals on their way out, they accidentally break a vial used by plague researchers, and when news gets out that the two could be infected, the human world launches the deadliest hunt. About the Author Richard Adams is the author of many bestselling novels, including Watership Down (), Shardik (), The Plague Dogs (), The Girl in a Swing (), Maia (), and Traveller (), as well as several works of nonfiction, including his autobiographical The Day Gone By (). Plague in Dogs About the Author Richard Adams is the author of many bestselling novels, including Watership Down (), Shardik (), The Plague Dogs (), The Girl in a Swing (), Maia (), and Traveller (), as well as several works of nonfiction, including his autobiographical The Day Gone By (). The Plague Dogs is the third novel by Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, about the friendship of two dogs that escape an animal testing facility and are subsequently pursued by both the government and the media. It was first published in , and features a few location maps drawn by Alfred Wainwright, a fellwalker and author. Two dogs escape from a laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague. -
Recommended Student Reads
Recommended Student Reads In collaboration with Primet Academy, we have put together a selection of tantalising books that we hope will inspire you to broaden your literary knowledge and enthusiasm for reading. The selection includes a wide range of authors who all bring a unique style of writing to their literary work. Year 7 Our Recommendations Watership Down by Richard Adams Watership Down is the tale of a group of rabbits in search of a home. Fiver, a small, young rabbit, has a gift: He can tell when things are going to happen and he can Holes by Louis Sachar sense whether they will be good or bad. The book centres on an unlucky ... Fiver tells the Threarah that he foresees teenage boy named Stanley great danger, but the Chief Rabbit does Yelnats, who is sent to Camp not believe him. Green Lake, a juvenile corrections facility in a desert in Texas, after being falsely accused of theft. Stone Cold by Robert Swindells A Young Adult novel centred around the horrors of living on the streets. The book follows Link who runs away from his broken, abusive home as a teenager. He bounces around a few places before the little money he has runs out and he's forced to live on the streets. The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson Twelve-year-old Matthew got the nickname The Goldfish Boy because he spends all his time in his bedroom, too afraid to go outside. His obsessive compulsive disorder makes him afraid that he'll bring in germs from the outside world that will make his loved ones sick and possibly die.