| Other author/creator | Marcus, Leonard S., 1950- editor. |
| Included Work | Container of (work) : L'Engle, Madeleine. Wrinkle in time. |
| Included Work | Container of (work) : L'Engle, Madeleine Wind in the door. |
| Included Work | Container of (work) : L'Engle, Madeleine Swiftly tilting planet. |
| Included Work | Container of (work) : L'Engle, Madeleine Many waters. |
| Included Work | Container of (work) : L'Engle, Madeleine Arm of the starfish. |
| Included Work | Container of (work) : L'Engle, Madeleine Dragons in the water. |
| Included Work | Container of (work) : L'Engle, Madeleine House like a lotus. |
| Included Work | Container of (work) : L'Engle, Madeleine Acceptable time. |
| Uniform title | Novels. Selections |
| Series |
The Library of America ; 309-310
L'Engle, Madeleine. Kairos novels ; v. 1. ^A1373604
Library of America ; 309-310. ^A515081
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| Contents |
Volume 1. A wrinkle in time -- A wind in the door -- A swiftly tilting planet -- Many waters -- Appendix. The expanding universe, Newbery Award acceptance speech ; Unpublished essay on time ; Childlike wonder and the truths of science fiction ; Dare to be creative! Lecture at the Library of Congress ; Four deleted sections from A wrinkle in time ; Commencement address at Ashley Hall, Charleston, South Carolina, 1982. Volume 2. The Arm of the Starfish -- Dragons in the Waters -- A House Like a Lotus -- An Acceptable Time -- Appendix. How long is a book? ; Regina Medal acceptance speech ; Shake the universe ; Smith College 50th reunion speech. |
| Abstract |
The first volume gathers Wrinkle with three books that chronicle the continuing adventures of Meg and her siblings. In A Wind in the Door, Meg and Calvin descend into the microverse to save Charles Wallace from the Echthroi, evil beings who are trying to unname existence. When a madman threatens nuclear war in A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Charles Wallace must save the future by traveling into the past. And in Many Waters, Sandy and Dennys, Meg's twin brothers, are accidentally transported back to the time of Noah's ark -- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract |
The second volume gathers the final four Kairos novels, in which Meg and Calvin's daughter Polly takes center stage. In The Arm of the Starfish, Polly disappears, and Calvin's research assistant is implicated in her kidnapping. In Dragons in the Waters, Polly and her brother Charles are on a steamer bound for Venezuela when they help solve a murder connected to a stolen portrait of Simon Bolivar. Polly receives an education in different kinds of love in A House Like a Lotus. And in An Acceptable Time, Polly is lured through a tesseract by a friend who may be hoping to sacrifice Polly in order to save himself. |
| General note | Library of America presents Madeleine L'Engle's iconic classic A Wrinkle in Time, one of the most beloved and influential novels for young readers ever written, in a newly-prepared authoritative text and, as a special feature, it includes never-before-seen deleted passages from the novel in an appendix. |
| General note | A Wrinkle in Time was only the beginning: here in this set, together for the first time in a deluxe Library of America edition, are the thrilling adventures of Meg Murray's daughter Polly. |
| General note | V.1 The Wrinkle in Time Quartet, v.2 The Polly O'Keefe Quartet. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | Science fiction. |
| Genre/form | Science fiction. |
| Other title | Wrinkle in Time Quartet. |
| Other title | Polly O'Keefe Quartet. |
| ISBN | 9781598535785 (v. 1 ; hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1598535781 (v. 1 ; hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781598535792 (v. 2 ; hbk.) |
| ISBN | 159853579X (v. 2 ; hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781598535778 |
| ISBN | 1598535773 |
