An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. She and her sister lettie are orphaned after the death of her father. Sophie in castle in the air and house of many ways. Fan art of fanart for fans of howl s moving castle 30795822 so i found this beautiful picture of howl and sophie with baby morgan. Lettie is voiced by jena malone in the english dubbed version howl s moving castle book lettie hatter is sophie s seventeenyearold sister. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Howl fell in love with sophie when he met her on may day, back before she was cursed. Its a book tribute but i have used some movie pictures, so forgive me. In the movie, we have the curse as the inciting event and sophie s entrance into howl s castle as. Sophie is cursed when the witch of the waste seemingly shows up at random in sophie s hat shop, tells her to stay away from what belongs to me, and turns her into an old woman. Book it repertory theatres first fullscale musical adapts a wry childrens fantasy novel by diana wynne jones that has already been made into a beloved animated movie by hayao miyazaki. Sophie sat at the table looking through some of howl s spell books. She is a young lady living in the small town of market chipping in the fictional kingdom of ingary.
Howl, sophie and baby howl and sophie by stickyleaf on deviantart i personally prefer the book description of sophie but howl in the movie is better. Sophie is a character whose happy ending is welldeserved and appreciated by the reader. Howl s moving castle the first book in the howl s moving castle series dedication this one is for stephen the idea for this book was suggested by a boy in a school i was visiting, who asked me to write a book called the moving castle. Illustrating howl s moving castle in pictures if you agree to break the spell on me, sophie said, with a brave sense of saying something fatal.
The book features many of the characters from howl s moving castle as supporting. The eldest of the hatter sisters aged 18, she has redgold hair and is rather pretty, although she doesnt perceive herself as. My name is sophie nowi am cosplaying sophie from howls moving castle, and have found to complete my cosplay i need rings. Howl has a family in the book, which he is trying to protect. Howl, sophie and michael go to wales where they learn that the spell has already been handed in as homework, so they head to the school to meet howl s nephews english teacher, miss angorian. Sophie finds that living happily ever after with howl doesnt come so easily, esp. Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. House of many ways howls castle book 3 kindle edition. Castle in the air howls castle book 2 english edition. Originally howell jenkins of wales, he was part of a loose fraternity of wizards on earth. Howl jenkins and sophie hatter with their child morgan. But the interesting thing about sophie s curse removal is that sophie notices that her hair is falling across her face in. Howls moving castle audiobook by diana wynne jones. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.
Sophie is in love with howl even if she wont admit it. Fairfax were all trying to speak to howl, and that fanny, martha, and lettie were plucking at sophie s sleeves, while michael was dragging at howl s jacket. Sophie is a young milliner without any real ambitions when a. Howls moving castle is the first novel in the series of books called the howl series. In the book, howls moving castle, sophie is the eldest of three daughters of hat maker, mr. The book is in sophies povbut it just seemed so sudden. I love sophie s sort of bullying magic, howl s ridiculously vain. Read chapter 2 from the story howl s moving castle by aquariumnovella space mermaid with 4,591 reads. Hatter, in the magical kingdom of ingary, where many fairytale tropes. The plot is based on stories from the arabian nights.
In both howl s moving castle and house of many ways there are references to howl handwriting being horrible both sophie and charmain wonder to themselves if he uses a pen or a poker when hes writing. Those were the reasons i wanted to read the book in the first place, and luckily it delivered. She runs a hat shoo in her town along with her sisters and mother. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading castle in the air howl s castle book 2. At first, she wanted nothing to do with witches and spells. As he remains incognito he begins to uncover the dark secret of the royal family. Howl jenkins pendragon is a powerful wizard living in the land of ingary. Sophie and michael manage to clean both howl and house of the slime, but sophie learns something from howl s outburst.
In the book, welshman howell jenkins finds a path between worlds and starts a life studying magic as howl pendragon in sophie s land. Sophie hatterhowl pendragon works archive of our own. The main difference is that howl kills the witch of the waste. She is the eldest of three sisters sophie, lettie, and martha hatter. A young woman named sophie hatter is the eldest of three sisters living in the town of market chipping in the magical kingdom of ingary, where many fairytale tropes are. Sophie and howl ride the wind to the moving castle. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading house of many ways howl s castle book 3. Howl is despondent, creating green goo that threatens to cover the house and extinguish calcifer. On a rare venture out from her stepmothers hat shop, sophie attracts the attention of a witch, who casts a terrible spell.
A boston globehorn book honor book and ala notable and best of the year in young adult fiction, howl s moving castle is by acclaimed fantasy writer diane wynne jones and was transformed into an academy award nominated animated motion picture by hayao miyazaki. Sophie hatter is the main character in studio ghiblis film howl s moving castle. Diana wynne jones fanfiction archive with over 422 stories. She works in a hat store owned by her late father, where she feels resigned to spend the rest of her days. On a rare venture out from her stepmothers hat shop, sophie attracts the attention.
Howl s moving castle is the first novel in the series of books called the howl series. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the witch of the waste, sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that. Another thing that i love about the movie is how the animators visually represent both howls descent into evil and sophies gradual breaking of. Sophie believes that the youngest sisterin this case, marthaalways wins in this kind of story, and sophie spends the bulk of howl s moving castle learning to overcome her certainty that she was born a failure by being born first. Immediately after, sophie goes to the waste and takes shelter in howls moving castle. The novel is a sequel to howl s moving castle and is set in the same fantasy world, though it follows the adventures of abdullah rather than sophie hatter. The first book in the wizards castle series of young adult fantasy novels by diana wynne jones, which gleefully lampshades and parodies many tropes common to the fairy tale genre sophie hatter is a sensible young woman who utterly lacks any confidence in herself. Buy a cheap copy of howl s moving castle book by diana wynne jones. He then began a private investigation where he partners with a detective named sophie hatter. Its the slowburning romance between sophie and howl that powers this book, and that allows jones to do some variations on her characteristic. It seems that there is no where in the uk which are selling.
Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably. After crossing paths with the mysterious bachelor, sophie finds herself caught up in a centurieslong feud between the wizard howl and the witch of the waste. Howls moving castle was a midcareer book for jones, whose first book was published. A young woman named sophie hatter is the eldest of three sisters living in the town of market chipping in the magical kingdom of ingary, howl s moving. She is a loyal family member and loves her sisters although she has judged her stepmother harshly and tried to make amends for that. Castle in the air is a young adult fantasy novel written by diana wynne jones, and first published in 1990.
Along the way, she discovers that theres far more to howl and herselfthan first meets the eye. It is up to the mother of their halfsister, martha, to take care of them. She is considered the most beautiful of the three hatter sisters, and has dark hair and blue eyes. Castle in the air howl s castle book 2 kindle edition by diana wynne jones. House of many ways howl s castle book 3 kindle edition by diana wynne jones. Love the sophie from the book as well, though i pictured with reddish blond hair as a young lady. Looking at the ringswas a little smack in the face because they are so expensive. Howls moving castle is a fantasy novel by british author diana wynne jones, first published in 1986 by greenwillow books of new york. Sophie and howl howls moving castle rings cosplay etsy. Why did sophies age keep changing in howls moving castle. Howl s moving castle is a book by diana wynne jones. And then youll cut up all my suits to teach me, said howl. The last chapter of howl s moving castle is actionpacked, what with the destruction of both the witch of the waste and miss angorian, and the reversal of sophie s curse. He made his way through a magical portal to ingary, where he became known and respected as one of the most powerful wizards there.
In sophie s magical world, howl is renown as a powerful wizard. It didnt as i am pretty sure that sophie was in howls moving castle. Diana wynne jones has also written castle in the air and the house of many ways which are sequels and star howl, but perhaps in. As a longtime ghibli fan who fell in love at first sight with howl and sophies love storyor maybe just howlthis was pretty amazing news for me. Ive seen a lot of film tributes so i thoght id make a book one for a change and by the way it has been a nightmare finding enough good book based fanart for this so please be appreciative.
Howls moving castle world of howl series plugged in. Howl jenkins pendragon is a prince who lives in the capital and secretly immerses himself together with the people of ingary. If sophie or howl had had any attention to spare, they might have noticed that prince justin, wizard suliman, and mrs. Sophie learns that howl, a rather selfabsorbed and fickle but ultimately goodnatured person, spreads malicious rumours about himself to. How did i not know howls moving castle was based on a book.
Ever since she lived here, she found herself more interested in magic than ever. Sophie im schloss des zauberers originaltitel howls moving castle ist ein 1986. Howls moving castle is a fantasy novel by british author diana wynne jones, first published in. Of course, since this is a fairytale it makes sense that the evil witch and her fire demon go down. Second, there are obviously going to be spoilers for the book. First, if you dont know, the book and movie are about a wizard, howl, with a literal moving castle and the girl, sophie, whos transformed into an old woman by the witch of the waste and finds herself living as howl s cleaning lady.
This series also includes castle in the air, published in 1990, and house of many ways, published in 2008. The modern heroine comes in many different shapes and sizes. Sophie hatter is the protagonist of the first book called howl s moving castle. In it, young sophie hatter unwittingly stumbles into the feud between wizard howl and the witch of the waste, and is cursed with old age. Howl s real name is howell jenkins, and hes from 1980s wales. When the witch of the waste curses her with a spell that turns her into a ninetyyear old woman, sophie goes to the waste in search of a cure. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. To untangle the enchantment, sophie must handle the heartless howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the witch of the waste headon. Howls moving castle novel all the tropes wiki fandom. I wrote down his name, and put it in such a safe place that i have been unable to find it ever since.
Sophie lived in the town of market chipping, which was in ingary, a land in. When she ran out of books, she would read howl s spell books. The other reason is that sophie, howl, calcifer, michael howl s apprentice, and all the rest are fabulous characters. Sophie is jealous of miss angorian because she is young and pretty and because howl. Catching the eye of the most eligible man in ingary would be a dream come true for most girls, but not for sophie hatter. Illustrating howls moving castle in pictures books. Sophie is the main character of the animated film howl s moving castle by studio ghibli, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by diana wynne jones. Castle in the air howls castle book 2 kindle edition. Book it to see howls moving castle at bookit repertory. Howls moving castle by diana wynne jones goodreads. Sophie is the eldest of the hatter sisters and the heroine of howl s moving castle. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the witch of the waste, sophie finds. In this giant jigsaw puzzle of a fantasy, people and things are never quite what they seem. Howl s moving castle book the eldest of the hatter sisters aged.