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Elidor

Elidor is a children's fantasy novel by the British author Alan Garner, published by Collins in 1965. Set primarily in modern Manchester, it features four English children who enter a fantasy world, fulfill a quest there, and return to find that the enemy has followed them into our world. Translations have been published in nine languages and it has been…

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Author
Alan Garner
Genre
Children's fantasy novel
Publication date
1965
Publisher
William Collins, Sons
Illustrator
Charles Keeping
Language
English

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Elidor

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Triples91
Avg. degree1.95
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Elidor

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related to Irish legend · 25
Elidor → Claíomh Solais, David's, East, Falias, Findias, Finias, Four Treasures, Gorias, Helen's, However, Ildana, Irish, Lia Fáil, Lugh, Malebron, Murias, Nicholas's, North, South, Spear
related to Plot · 18
Elidor → David, Four Treasures, Helen, Inside, Malebron, Manchester, Mound, Newton Heath, Nicholas, Roland, Silbury Hill, The, The Watson, This, To, Vandwy, When, With
related to English folklore · 10
Elidor → Act III, Burd Ellen, Childe Rowland, Dark Tower, English, Later Rowland, Rowland, Rowland's, This, William Shakespeare's King Lear
related to Television adaptation · 10
Elidor → BBC, Damian Zuk, Don Webb, February, Garner, Helen, January, Roland, Suzanne Shaw, The
related to Title · 8
Elidor → Garner's, Giraldus Cambrensis, Golden Ball, Gorias, Itinerarium Cambriae, The, This, Welsh
related to External links · 3
Elidor → Internet Speculative Fiction Database, US, WorldCat
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Elidor → British, Carnegie Medal, Library Association
related to Medieval fable · 2
Elidor → According, Late
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Elidor → Alan Garner
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Elidor → Children's fantasy novel

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ElidorAuthorAlan Garner1.00infobox
ElidorGenreChildren's fantasy novel1.00infobox
ElidorIllustratorCharles Keeping1.00infobox
ElidorLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
ElidorLC ClassPZ7.G18417 El1.00infobox
ElidorMedia typePrint (hardback)1.00infobox
ElidorOCLC80608031.00infobox
ElidorPages159 pp (first edition)1.00infobox
ElidorPublication date19651.00infobox
ElidorPublication placeUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
ElidorPublisherWilliam Collins, Sons1.00infobox
Elidoris achildren's fantasy novel by the British author Alan Garner0.90text

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