A House with a Character

8 hrs. 44 min.

Language Russian

Author Diana Wynne Jones

Narrator Nadezhda Vinokurova

In the house of the royal magician William Norland, space and time behave according to their own magical laws. There is a single door that leads anywhere—into bedrooms, a kitchen, mountain caves, the past, and the royal library. The magician’s young relative, Charmaine, is forced—against her will—to figure out how a house with a character works, and as a result she ends up in the thick of court intrigues. A kind king and his daughter try to find out why the kingdom has fallen into decline and to locate the lost Elvish Gift. For that they call upon the powerful witch Sophie—yes, the very one familiar to readers from “Howl’s Moving Castle” (or “The Moving Castle”) and “Castle in the Air”—and she arrives at court accompanied by the fire demon Calcifer and two charming little boys, one of whom is her son Morgan, while the second has prepared a surprise for everyone…

1. Howl's Moving Castle (narrated by Vyacheslav Gerasimov) 2. Castle in the Air (narrated by Nadezhda Vinokurova) 3. A House with a Character