Ebook {Epub PDF} The Box of Delights by John Masefield

The Box of Delights () by John Masefield is a miracle and a masterpiece of magical literature. I admit to getting lost in the narrative. I was complete absorbed in Kay Harker’s adventures. The actual box of delights allows the holder to travel quick or small or both – the depiction of magical and enchanted journeys held me enthralled/5().  · In the case of Masefield, he has created a precise but purely imaginary landscape which he uses in several of his books, notably, “The Midnight Folk”, “The Box of Delights”, and his long poem, “Reynard the Fox”.Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. The BBC radio adaptation of John Masefield's Christmas classic, The Box of Delights. This is the earliest surviving broadcast of Masefield's fantasy sto.

The Box of Delights: A magical old man has asked Kay to protect the Box of Delights, a Box with which he can travel through time. John Masefield's classic children's book is considered to be one of the great works of modern children's fiction. Magical, fantastical and filled with vivid, rich characters - brought to life in this. John Edward Masefield () was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from until his death. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, two novels Captain Margaret and Multitude and Solitude and a great deal of memorable poetry, including "The Everlasting Mercy", and "Sea-Fever", from his anthology Saltwater Ballads. The Box Of Delights or "When The Wolves Were Running" is a children's book written by John Masefield and first published in The book is a sequel to an earlier novel called The Midnight Folk published in and The Box Of Delights encorporates some of the same character names and themes.

The Box of Delights () by John Masefield is a miracle and a masterpiece of magical literature. I admit to getting lost in the narrative. I was complete absorbed in Kay Harker’s adventures. The actual box of delights allows the holder to travel quick or small or both – the depiction of magical and enchanted journeys held me enthralled. The Box of Delights, Or, When the Wolves Were Running. London: The Folio Society, Sara Ogilvie. Hardcover. pp. Octavo [ cm] Dark green cloth over boards pictorially stamped and lettered in red and white. Near fine condition. In a matching slipcase with dark green paper over boards. Has a few faint smudges. Near fine. "The Box of Delights" - written by John Masefield and published in , this version published in by The New York Review of Books. I knew I was going to enjoy this story when, on page six, the main character, a young man named Kay, muses from the train window, "They look just the sort of hills where you might come upon a Dark Tower, and blow a horn at the gate for something to happen.".