Enchanted Glass

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Enchanted Glass
First edition (UK)
Author	Diana Wynne Jones
Cover artist	David Wyatt
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Children's, Fantasy novel^[1]
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	2010
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	292
ISBN	0-00-732078-7 (Hardback)

Enchanted Glass is a fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones which was first published in 2010.^[1]

Plot

Enchanted Glass is set in the imaginary town of Melstone, England. Near the town of Melstone is Melstone House, an old place which Andrew Hope has inherited from his grandfather. With Melstone House comes a "field-of-care" which is a region of magical responsibility. Unfortunately, Andrew does not quite grasp the full implications of this, causing many of the problems in the story.

Shortly after Andrew takes possession of Melstone House, Aidan Cain appears on his doorstep, asking for help. His recently deceased grandmother had told him that the owner of Melstone House could help him, if he ever needed it. Aidan is being pursued by an unknown force, which turns out to be the fairy king Oberon, who thinks he is his son.

Together, Andrew and Aidan must unravel the mystery of Melstone House, and gain control of their magic.

Characters

Andrew Brandon Hope

Andrew is one of the protagonists of the book. He has a Doctorate, but is known by many as "Professor." He tends to be quite oblivious.

When he was a child, Andrew's grandfather taught him quite a bit of magic, but as he grew up, he forgot much of it. Despite his forgetfulness, Andrew is very talented at magic.

Aidan Cain

Aidan is the other protagonist of the novel. He is an adolescent with a very strong magical talent. He does not know who his father is, and his mother is dead. He was raised by his grandmother, who recently died, leaving him to foster care.

Rolf

Rolf is a weredog that follows Aidan home from Oberon's forest.

Jocelyn Brandon

Grand father of Andrew Hope.

Oberon/Mr. Brown

Fairy king living as a human.

Tarquin O’Connor

He used to be a horse jocky until he lost one of his legs.

Stashe

Daughter of Tarquin.

Mrs Stock

Melstone House's House keeper

Trixie Appleby

Mrs. Stock’s sister

Mr Stock

Melstone house's Gardener

Shaun

He is hired to work for Andrew.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Sedgwick, Marcus (2010-02-20). "CHILDREN'S FICTION: Marcus Sedgwick on a captivating tale: Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones". The Guardian.

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Bibliography — All novels

Chrestomanci	Charmed Life (1977) The Magicians of Caprona (1980) Witch Week (1982) The Lives of Christopher Chant (1988) Mixed Magics (2000) Conrad's Fate (2005) The Pinhoe Egg (2006)

Dalemark Quartet	Cart and Cwidder (1975) Drowned Ammet (1977) The Spellcoats (1979) Crown of Dalemark (1993)

Derkholm	Dark Lord of Derkholm (1998) Year of the Griffin (2000)

Howl's Moving Castle /Wizard Howl	Howl's Moving Castle (1986) Castle in the Air (1990) House of Many Ways (2008)

Magids	Deep Secret (1997) The Merlin Conspiracy (2003)

Standalone works	The Ogre Downstairs (1974) Dogsbody (1975) Eight Days of Luke (1975) Power of Three (1977) The Time of the Ghost (1981) The Homeward Bounders (1981) Archer's Goon (1984) Fire and Hemlock (1984) A Tale of Time City (1987) A Sudden Wild Magic (1992) Hexwood (1993) The Tough Guide To Fantasyland (1997) "Little Dot" (Firebirds, 2003) The Game (2007) Enchanted Glass (2010)

Adaptations	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

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