Inside our story theres a dude named fenoglio, who wrote a book that he titled inkheart because, as he explains it, its title is inkheart because its about a man whose wicked heart is as black as ink, filled with darkness and evil 34. Mo decides to bail with meggie, and dustfinger tags along as they go to visit mos absent wifes aunt, elinor. The book inkheart the book inside our book is also a focal point of the plot, because pretty much everyone wants to get their hands on it. Inkheart, a muddled film adaptation of a childrens best seller by cornelia funke, celebrates the magic of books, but it can also be taken as a cautionary tale. They search for the last remaining copy of inkheart by going to visit the author fenoglio played by jim broadbent. Buy inkheart inkheart trilogy, book 1 book online at best prices in india on. Tintenherz is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by cornelia funke, and the first book of the inkheart trilogy. The primary plot to inkheart is the main character, meggie, trying to figure out the mystery of her mothers disappearance, as all the complications in the story both arise from and lead to that.
The inkheart series is a succession of four fantasy novels written by german author cornelia funke, comprising inkheart 2003, inkspell 2005, and inkdeath 2007. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of inkspell by cornelia funke. Fairies, trolls and other enchanted creatures are read out of a book in the final chapters of inkheart. Mo folchart is a father who possesses a secret ability to bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. On january 12, 2009, a video game based on the film was released for the nintendo ds.
Twelveyear old meggie folchart lives alone with her father. This fantasy story is amazing in that the characters in book are able to come alive. While inkheart is rich in characters and complicated in plot, it is also a wonderfully visual reading experience. After this meggie makes mo tell the story of why they were there. Dustfingers ferret, gwen, steals the key from capricorns mom, that they need to free resa. Gah inside our story theres a dude named fenoglio, who wrote a book that he titled inkheart because, as he explains it, its title is inkheart because its about a man whose wicked heart is as black as ink, filled with darkness and evil 34. Inkheart is the title of our book and the book within the book.
This summary of inkheart includes a complete plot overview spoilers included. As with cornelia funkes previous book, the thief lord, some kids will be put off by the leisurely pace of inkheart, while others will be enthralled by the unusual story. One night someone reads from a book named inkheart three people come out of the book two have evil plans so a girl named meggie, her father mo, aunt elinor, and the third chairter of the book. Meggie pulls out the real inkheart book, which was only there because.
Inkdeath picks up with the now immortal, but slowly decaying, evil adderhead, ruler of the southern part of the inkworld. It is a novel set inside another novel, which has been written so well as to come to life. Mo discovered his power when maggie was just a baby. This story within a story will delight not just fantasy fans, but all readers who like an exciting plot with largerthanlife characters. In the morning maggie is about to set out to find mo when she realizes that elinor was working for capricorn and that she still had the book which maggie found out ws called inkheart. A story within a story, inkheart tells the tale of a book of the same name owned by mortimer folchart who is a book restorer who lives in a remote farmhouse with his 12yearold daughter meggie. When he reads aloud from books, he brings the characters to lifeliterally.
The story of the inkworld has changed from what was written in the original book, and mo is trying to help the people of ombra survive. When a disturbing stranger named dustfingers intrudes on their peace, she gradually discovers that the barrier between books and the real world is permeable and that an illfated readaloud. Of course, its that sort of earnest, almost gushing veneration of books and book loving that made the absorbing suspensefantasy inkheart so wonderful in the first place, with that litaffection getting woven integrally into the plot inkheart being both funkes first book in the series, and the fictitious book within that book, authored by. Inkheart 01 inkheart by cornelia funke translated from the german by anthea bell 2 dedication for anna, who even put the lord of the rings aside for a while to read this book. Here is a film about a man named mo, who, when he reads aloud, has the power of liberating fictional characters into the real world. The story begins with mortimer folchart and his wife teresa reading the fairy tale little red riding hood to their baby daughter meggie. Dustfinger says he wants to be read back into the story of inkheart, and he asks for the book. He distracts the piper and mo kills the adderhead by writing the three words. This study guide consists of approximately 36 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of inkheart. Resa finds herself trapped in the inkheart book working in the kitchen. Cornelia funkes inkheart is a novel of magical realismthe story takes place in the real world, but magic figures into the plot and character development.
I havent decided, yet, if it was better than the first book, inkheart, but it was a lot better than inkspell, which was the second book. Review will probably contain spoilers and im kind of lazy to hide them this morning. Dustfinger tells basta he dustfinger is putting a curse on him basta. The book is where a lot of the major characters of originate from, namely those who were read aloud by mortimer folchart, and also those still reside there. Were considering expanding this synopsis into a fulllength study guide to deepen your comprehension of the book and why its important. And for elinor, who lent me her name, although i didnt use it for an elf queen. Theyve been times that i wanted to cry, laugh, and, in my head of course, scream at the characters for whatever reason. Inkheart originally titled tinterhertz is a 2003 young adult novel by german author cornelia funke, and the first in the inkheart trilogy. Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without meggie thinking of inkheart, the book whose characters became real.
I absolutely loved the plot and the concept of the book being about books, and i also really liked the characters. I imagine the book reads well in german, but i know for a fact that the translator has done an estimable job of creating an english version of inkheart. Noah bennettinkheartcornellia funke timeline timetoast. It is hard to avoid preciosity in books about books, but here funke pulls off the feat with vigor.
This means that they were characters in the book, but thennine years agothey popped out into the real world. The inkheart trilogy is a series of three fantasy novels written by german author cornelia funke, comprising inkheart 2003, inkspell 2005, and inkdeath 2007. But despite the slow pacing and repetition, this is a rousing adventure. Brendan fraser stars, and books characters leap from the. Meggie, a girl at the age of 12, sees a stranger staring at her outside her window and tells her father, mortimer or mo, as meggie calls him about it. Inkheart film cornelia funke wiki fandom powered by. Inkheart by cornelia funke is the first series in the inkheart trilogy. Inkdeath is a fantasy novel written by awardwinning german author cornelia funke, and the third in its series.
The story follows bookish twelveyearold meggie, who learns that her bookbinder father mortimer or mo has a special gift. Inkheart is a 2008 britishamericangerman fantasy adventure film directed by iain softley, produced by cornelia funke, dylan cuva, sarah wang, ute leonhardt, toby emmerich, mark ordesky, ileen maisel and andrew licht, written by david lindsayabaire, music composed by javier navarrete and starring brendan fraser, paul bettany, helen mirren, jim broadbent, andy serkis, and eliza bennett. During the show some men broke into the library and kidnapped mo and and stole the book. Inkheart book king county library system bibliocommons. This is the story of young meggie, who lives a quiet life alone with her father mo, a bookbinder, until one cruel night when mo reads aloud from inkheart, and an evil ruler named capricorn escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Take the inkheart quiz to find out which character is most like them. While binding the book jacpo, violantes spoiled son, secretly steals the white book and gives it to mo.
They set harsher taxes and loot what they can from the villages. Inkheart is a 2008 fantasy film directed by iain softley. Plot summary twelveyearold meggie hasnt seen her mother in nine years and wonders why she must live such a secret, transient life with her father, mo. Overlong but often exciting sequel, darker than first book. Inkheart is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by cornelia funke, and the first book of the inkheart trilogy. One cruel night, meggies father reads aloud from a book called inkheart. According to fenoglio, the book title was named after the black, evil heart of the antagonist of the story, capricorn. The film was released on 12 december 2008 in the uk and 23 january 2009 in the us. I loved the adventures, the romance, the plot and action.
But when mo accidentally brings a powerhungry villain from a rare childrens fable to life, the villain kidnaps mos daughter and demands mo bring other evil fictional characters to life. As the book opens, meggie folchart lives with her father, mo, a specialist who repairs books for a living. Inkheart by cornelia funke book popular book to movie. Mo is a talented book binder whose love for books is only superseded by his love for meggie and for his lost wife. From internationally acclaimed storyteller cornelia funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now out in paperback. It is a story about a young girl, meggie, and her father, mortimer or mo for short. When she was three, he read aloud from a book called inkheart and released characters into the real world. Suddenly, meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. The captivating sequel to inkheart, the critically acclaimed, international bestseller by cornelia funke, an author who is emerging as a truly modern classic writer for children.
A fourth volume, the colour of revenge, is in the works. Explore inkheart, an online literary experience from flashlight readers, lets fans of the cornelia funke book go inside their favorite read. But mos plan to use the book to find and rescue resa is thwarted when capricorn, the evil villain of inkheart, kidnaps meggie and, discovering she has inherited her fathers gift, demands that. Capricorn is convinced, and decides that meggie is going to read something out of inkheart, of which capricorn kept a hardcover copy of the book for his own personal use. The drawback is that real people are trapped within the same book. Inkheart is the name of the book capricorn is looking for, and inkheart is a description of the kind of person capricorn is. Capricorn and his gang of thugs try to steal the book so they can be read back into inkworld.
Mo immediately recognizes who the man is and tells meggie. Moving to aunt elinors to protect the valuable book inkheart from both capricorn and dustfinger. Im sure it must be very comfortable sleeping with a hard, rectangular thing like that under your head, her father had teased the first time he found a book under her pillow. The descriptions in this book include a lot of detail and really made my imagination. Meggies father, mo, has an wonderful and sometimes terrible ability. One night a guy named dustfinger comes to see mo, and they talk about some dude whos on his trail capricorn. Also consider using any of these questions as a writing prompt. They arrive, and meggie realizes that dustfinger had been working for capricorn all alongshe and elinor are imprisoned with mo. Meggie is a stalwart heroine, and the villains are truly creepy and brutal perhaps too much so for some children. Based on a 2007 online poll, the national education association named the book one of its teachers top 100 books for children.
Inkheart has a fun, unofficial running game, a sort of name that tune where you try to recognize classic childrens literature based on a character or a telltale prop. Mo hits dustfinger with his book doctor bag and takes off running. He read so lyrically from the the book inkheart, that several of the books wicked characters ended up blinking and cursing on his cottage floor. The books chronicle the adventures of teen meggie folchart whose life. I was driven to read more by both the actionadventure and the plotconclusion.
His brotherinlaw the milksop and his trusty right hand man, the piper, rule over the small village of ombra. Dustfinger returns to the estate on capricorns orders and convinces meggie and elinor to attempt to rescue mo from capricorns hidden village in the italian foothills. Plot summary meggie folchart, a twelve year old girl, is laying in her bed one night. Finding something that the whole family can listen to and enjoy can be a challenge. Jan 21, 2009 no child seeing inkheart will ever want to be read to again, especially if that child loves its mother, as so many do. Suddenly, meggie is smack in the middle of the kind. Meggie sees a stranger approaching her house and immediately notifies her father mo. It is based on the novel of the same name by german author cornelia funke. I downloaded this book for our car travels over the holidays. As mo has started to take on the role as the bluejay he comes to love inkheart and its tragic tale. Speak your mind by writing an editorial with help from this stepbystep workshop. Up to date inkheart has sold over three million copies worldwide.
Funke conjures up vivid images of elinors foreboding, book filled home, of the dreary village where capricorn holds sway, and of the beautiful italian countryside, where the majority of the action takes place. A teenage girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the. No child seeing inkheart will ever want to be read to again, especially if that child loves its mother, as so many do. One cruel night, meggies father reads aloud from a book called inkheart and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. This book was the first book that had made me love to read. Inkheart was released on dvd and bluray in the united kingdom on april, 2009.
To be fair, i did listen to it, and not psychically reread, but i think id feel the same. Dustfinger then explains that there is a man named capricorn who is looking for him, and that capricorn has agreed to read him back into the book. He read so lyrically from the the book inkheart, that several of the book s wicked characters ended up blinking and cursing on his cottage floor. Bookbinder mo folchart is living in the inkworld with his wife, resa, and yearold daughter, meggie. However, the kidnappers fail to find the treasured object, a book called inkheart, because it is in elinors possession when mo is kidnapped. The power of reading drives both the plot and the motivation of each character in cornelia funkes inkheart. I like the scene when the boy from the arabian nights comes out of the novel and gold showers down on all of them because it is fun to think of other things that could be brought out of books. Although she is a lover of books, she lays in her bed listening to the rain. Twelveyearold meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can read fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service. One of the quotes at the beginning of a chapter comes from a book called the satanic mill. With the first book, inkheart, i was pretty bored until about page 100 on, and inkspell bored me until about page 50, but from page one this one has kept me at the edge of my seat. After reading inkheart, use these questions to start a discussion with your students about the book. Of all the characters youve read about in books, which one would you most like to bring to life or meet in person.
I remember picking up this book in my 5th grade classroom and taking it home to read. The world within the fictional book was nicknamed by meggie folchart as the inkworld. We have information on the books, the film, characters, the locations, and much more. Meggie folchart lives alone with her father mo, a book repair specialist. Mo and meggie have the magical ability to read characters out of books. But for dustfinger, the fireeater brought into being from words, the need to return to the. Inkheart book the seattle public library bibliocommons.
Her father is a bookbinder, and he can bring characters to life from stories just by reading aloud. Buy inkheart inkheart trilogy, book 1 book online at low. The book she had been reading was under her pillow, pressing its cover against her ear as if to lure her back into its printed pages. Meggie, an avid reader, lives alone with her father, a bookbinder. Capricorn wants to burn all the remaining copies but one so that he cant be sent back into the books world.
Watch it with your kids, and if they cant tell you what comes from where, move away from the tv and read them a book. Numerous characters, good and evil alike, struggle to influence the outcome of the story by the use of words alone. Mo is a talented book binder whose love for books is. It is the third book in the inkheart trilogy series. Mo entrusts a book to elinor, but is all secretive about it. His witchmother pulls a copy of the book out of a chest that is filled with snakes. Inkheart wiki is an encyclopedia about new york times bestselling author cornelia funkes inkworld trilogy.