Moon Princess in the Castle

Author: Guji
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: British female writer J.K. Rowling has absolutely ambitious wolfish ambition in the field of children's literature today and created a miracle: by June 2003, the "Harry Potter" series she created has been translated into more than 60 languages and is popular in 200 countries and regions around the world, with cumulative sales exceeding 200 million copies. How was the miracle created? In J.K. Rowling's self-narrative, there appears a reading list: "The Secret Garden," "The Secret Garden," "The Moon Princess in the Castle," "Peter Pan," "Little Princess," "Little Women," "The Jungle Book," "Black Beauty." Each one is a household name, a universally recognized classic of children's literature. To see J.K. Rowling, read Harry Potter, and savor the essence, indeed one can truly feel that it is the sweet milk of these world children's literature classics that is nourishing J.K. Rowling and giving birth to Harry Potter. In fact, what is nourished and given birth to by a set of world-renowned classics of children's literature is not just J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter? For any reader, whether you will become a professional writer or not, regardless of age, gender, nationality, and race, healthy reading of classics is undoubtedly a nurturing of the soul, a purification of the spirit, an activation of imagination, and a rest for the body. Thirteen-year-old orphan Maria and her governess come to Silver Stream Village, Moon Hill Manor, to seek refuge with her uncle, Sir Benjamin. The villagers of Silver Stream are simple, beautiful, and picturesque, but it is also a mysterious and suspenseful place full of mysteries—red pine trees trimmed into the shapes of strange roosters and knights are scattered throughout the courtyard. Sir Benjamin, a bachelor, and his dwarf chef claim that no woman has entered the gates of Moon Hill Manor in twenty years. A huge dog named Rolf, which looks nothing like a dog and suddenly returned to the manor after being gone for twenty years, a clever and magical black cat named Z who uses paws to draw and deliver messages, a mysterious black pine forest, a small white horse that is both real and illusory, and a mysterious story of the Moon Princess and the small white horse that has been passed down for hundreds of years. Hidden behind all this is the long-standing enmity between two families. The author of this book, Elizabeth Goudge, has many works that are widely popular with readers of all ages. "The Moon Princess in the Castle" (originally titled "The Little White Horse") is recognized as an excellent children's literature work and won the "Carnegie Award" (one of the most important children's book awards in the UK) in 1946. The book was adapted into a TV series "Moon Hill" by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). To this day, "The Moon Princess in the Castle" is still regarded as a modern classic.