Magnified by the darkness, they towered mysteriously against the silver-washed sky, and vanished unnervingly into shadow whenever a cloud rushed over the face of the moon’ (Cooper, 1968, p.
The style of writing is very descriptive enabling the reader to vividly imagine that scene such as in the following extract: ‘And then, looming over the dark brow of the headland, they saw the outline of the standing stones. Great-Uncle Merry is a very interesting, if somewhat mysterious character who rescues the siblings from danger more than once after they take him into their confidence. Evil forces from time gone by are watching and following the children, waiting for the time of battle when the sheer heroism shown by the children is inspiring. For Susan Cooper this is ‘the first in her marvellous contemporary Once Upon a Timer series, and the bits she has added all echo the oldest stories of England and Wales, especially the King Arthur legends’ (Hunt, 2002, p. On exploring further they discover an ancient map harking back to Arthurian times. Simon, Jane and Barney are on holiday in Cornwall when they discover a hidden door leading to a dusty attic in the mysterious old house that is their accommodation. Book 1 of 5 of The Dark Is Rising Sequence.
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