Inkheart
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 First English translation edition cover | |
| Author | Cornelia Funke |
|---|---|
| Original title | Tintenherz |
| Illustrator | Cornelia Funke |
| Cover artist | Carol Lawson & Ian Butterworth |
| Language | German and English |
| Series | Inkheart trilogy |
| Genre | Fantasy, Bildungsroman |
| Publisher | Germany Cecilie Dressler UK Chicken House USA Scholastic |
Publication date | September 23, 2003 |
| Publication place | Germany and USA |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 534 pgs |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-904442-09-9 (1st English translation) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 52783756 |
| Followed by | Inkspell |
Inkheart (original title: Tintenherz) is a young adult-child fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and the first book of the Inkworld trilogy. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."[1]
Plot
Characters
Meggie: 12 -year old girl, avid reader, daughter of Mortimer "Silvertongue" Folchart,ambitious and troublesome.
Dustfinger: Character from book Inkheart, read out of the book by Mo, entertainer, plays with fire, has a marten with horns called Gwin as his companion. His face has three faint scars from being cut by Basta (fairies made the scars less obvious), he has sandy hair.
Capricorn: Character from book Inkheart, read out of the book by Mo, a mob boss. Very tall, very gaunt man but Mo is a bit taller, pale as parchment, short bristly hair, very pale bright eyes.
Gwin: a marten with horns that Dustfinger keeps in his backpack.
Elinor: Aunt of Mo’s wife who disappears years before. A recluse who is proud of her collector of books. She is rather fat.
Basta: Character from book Inkheart. Thin angular face with close set eyes, not tall with narrow shoulders. There is a note of fury about him, and he is extremely superstitious. Unlike other of Capricorn’s men who wear all black, Basta wears a white shirt. Basta is very fond of the knife he carries.
Flatnose: Read out of Inkheart by Darius with a new disfigurement of pushed in face. Tall beanpole whose face appears as if a giant had pushed in his face with a thumb. He is very tall and broad.
Cockerell: Read out Inkheart by Darius, small and thin with a goatee on receding chin with a bum leg that he has to drag.
Darius: a nervous small thin man no older than Mo, with a badly bent back that wears glasses. Capricorn had discovered that he can also read characters out of books, but does this poorly, with the characters having various deformities.
Farid: Three or four years older than Meggie, and a hand span taller. He has dark skin and hair, and almost black eyes with long eyelashes,is Gwin's favorite person.
Fenoglio: author of Inkheart, in his late 60’s or older, solid build with dark hair despite his age.
Mortola (the magpie): Read out of Inkheart by Darius. She has a vulture like face. Her eyes set close together and her jaw juts forward. Her legs are swelled, and wrapped in bandages.
The Shadow: In Inkheart only appears when Capricorn calls him, leaping from the ground like fire. Soundless, sometimes red as fire, sometimes gray as ashes. Immortal, invulnerable, pitiless.
Chapters
Chapter 1: A Stranger in the Night Meggie looks out her bedroom window and notices that there is a man standing on the lawn. She goes to her father and tells him. The man has come to see Mo. Mo goes to the door and calls out for Dustfinger (Meggie thinks what kind of name is that). Meggie listens as Mo talks with Dustfinger and hears talk about a man named Capricorn. When Meggie latter asks her father about Capricorn, he tells her that he is no one she would want to meet.
Chapter 2: Secrets The next morning Mo tells her they are going on a trip, and she should take plenty to read. Later, when Meggie enters Mo’s workshop she sees him covering a book in brown paper, and Mo is acting strange like he is hiding something. As they are leaving, Dustfinger is suddenly appears at the gate.
Chapter 3: Going South Dustfinger calls Mo Silvertongue as he asks where they are going in such a hurry. Mo states they are going south and Dustfinger confirms that Capricorn is still in the North. Mo agrees to let Dustfinger join them, much to the irritation of Meggie. When Mo will not tell her who Capricorn is, she jumps out of the van. Dustfinger tells her that if he had a child he would not tell her about bad people either, saying that Capricorn has many bad men that have been with him since they were children, and they would do anything for Capricorn.
Chapter 4: House Full of Books Meggie wakes up when they stop in from of a gate to the mansion that is the home of Elinor and her books. The house is bigger than Meggie’s school. Mo tells Elinor that he had a library commission that was suddenly postponed. He did not have time to contact her, and that this suddenness meant that he could not find any place for Meggie to stay. It was obvious that she is happy to see Mo, but not Meggie, or Dustfinger. Mo asks if she could put him up for the night. Elinor states that all her bedrooms are filled with books. This impress Meggie, who asks how many books she has.
Chapter 5: Only a Picture Meggie comes into the library as Mo and Elinor are investigating the book that had been wrapped in brown paper. Elinor exclaims that she did not think there was a single copy left having heard of so many copies being stolen. Mo expresses surprise at the books being stolen, but Meggie can tell Mo is not surprised at all. Mo wants to leave the book with her because he believes it will be safe here. He also asks that she tell nobody. Elinor tells how she misses her niece, Mo’s wife. Mo tells her that Meggie hardly remembers her. They then notice Meggie. Meggie verbally attacks Mo for showing the book to Elinor but not to her since she knows it is better to attack. Meggie finds it is strange that the book is valuable since it is not particularly old. They let her look at the books so she pages through it looking at the few illustrations. Before she can do much reading, Elinor closes the book and says she will put is someplace safe. Mo then escorts her to her bedroom telling her to forget the book. Meggie asks where Elinor will put the book but Mo changes the subject, telling her hiding places should be secret as secrets should be. She wonders where Dustfinger is so she can ask him questions. She searches for Dustfinger but cannot find him, so goes to bed. She cannot get the book out of her mind.
Chapter 6: Fire and Stars In the afternoon Elinor serves them a meal of spaghetti. During the meal Elinor tells them that no candles are allow in her house. Meggie thinks this is because of the candle she has by her bed, but Elinor is looking at Dustfinger. Dustfinger responds by lighting a match and putting is out in his mouth. Elinor tells Dustfinger that she will be turning on the alarm at 9. Then Dustfinger tells Elinor that he is going to be doing a demonstration at 11 pm. Mo tells Elinor she should watch the demonstration, but she does not seem interested. Elinor agrees to turn off the alarm so that Dustfinger can do his show.
Chapter 7: What the Night Hides Dustfinger is hiding behind a tree and watches Meggie stare past the gate where her father disappeared. She stands there for a very long time before returning to the house. Dustfinger feels really bad about betraying Mo to Capricorn. After Meggie disappears into the house, Dustfinger picks up his bags and walks through the still open gate.
Chapter 8: Alone Elinor is waiting in the door of the house as Meggie returns from the gate. Meggie is upset that Elinor held her back even though there was nothing either could do. Meggie then goes to where Dustfinger had performed to find him gone: she thinks that maybe he followed the kidnappers. Elinor had called the police, and they asked many questions, but obviously not convinced about the kidnapping.
Chapter 9: A Poor Exchange Meggie sleeps in Mo’s room that night. Finally, crying after looking at the picture of her mother, she goes to sleep. Just before dawn she wakes, and decides she should look for Mo and get going before anyone woke. She goes to her room to pack and writes a letter to Elinor. She cannot get the letter under the door Elinor’s room, so enters.
Chapter 10: The Lion’s Den Meggie is where she last saw Dustfinger. She wants to start reading Inkheart since it is the only place she can find clues on where they took Mo. Then she hears Dustfinger talking to her behind her.
Chapter 11: A Coward Dustfinger has stolen to Meggie’s bedroom locked door. Dustfinger thinks it is locked because Meggie does not trust Dustfinger; a door with such a simple lock is not much of a barrier to Dustfinger. Once by Meggie’s bed, he first searches the box that Mo had made Meggie for her books, finding Inkheart. He cannot take the book, nor read his future.
Chapter 12: Going Further South In the morning Elinor has Dustfinger point out the location of the village on a map, which he tells her has no name. Elinor than asks Dustfinger what Capricorn does and Dustfinger replies that they come from the same place but that is all they have in common. Then Meggie remembers Dustfinger making another statement and accusingly tells Dustfinger that he had told Mo that Capricorn was in the North. Dustfinger makes up excuses which makes Meggie suspicious. Dustfinger tells them that he had warned Mo, and which Meggie can confirm.
Chapter 13: Capricorn’s Village On the trip down Meggie finds it hard to read. Well into the trip Elinor tells the otheres the history and stories of the buildings they pass. Dustfinger notes that she was born in the wrong story, and she should get along well with Capricorn because they both like dark stories. Dustfinger instructs Elinor to turn off the main road leading away from the coast, a long dark road that makes Elinor nervous and worried about having enough gas.
Chapter 14: A Mission Accomplished When they finally are brought in front of Capricorn in a large room, Capricorn asks where it is. Dustfinger replies that it is in the bag and that Meggie’s father really did not know where the book was.
Chapter 15: Good Luck and Bad Luck Before that are both shoved into a windowless room; Elinor apparently still does not appreciate the situation and exclaims to Basta that people no longer just lock up people in the 21st century. Mo, who is in the cell, speaks up after he recognizes Elinor’s voice and then Meggie’s. Mo is not happy with Elinor letting this happen to Meggie. Mo learns that Capricorn now has the book, how Elinor had exchanged the books, and how Dustfinger lead them to the village. After Meggies asks what this is all about, Mo agrees to tell them.
Chapter 16: Once Upon a Time Mo proceeds to tell Meggie about the event that occurred when she was just 3 years old. Mo had recently picked up a new batch of used books one of which was Inkheart. That night Meggie’s mother chose Inkheart for Mo to read that because she liked books that took her to another place.
Chapter 17: The Betrayer Betrayed Flatnose and another take them to the church with dawn. They see few women as they walk through town that has no flowers like other Italian villages Meggie had seen. The bearded man tells them “Welcome to the Devil’s House” when they arrive. Flatnose is obviously superstitious since he is not happy with the statement. Everything in the church is red.
Chapter 18: Treasure Island Meggie hears Mo read aloud for the first time in 9 years, “Treasure Island.” She is mesmerized as is everyone else in the room but Capricorn. Soon the room with filled with all sorts of coins.
Chapter 19: Gloomy Prospects They were fed much better, but it is boring in the room. They talk, Elinor stating how she had always thought herself stronger before the meeting these villains, Mo apologies for dragging them in and losing the book. Basta and an old woman arrive with tea sweetened with honey. The woman is not happy about feeding the prisoners.
Chapter 20: Snakes and Thorns The headlights get closer as they proceed and they know it has to be Capricon’s Men since they have passed no other villages. A tire blows out and the car continues out of control. Meggie exclaims that she is not so fat or old. Dustfinger had put Gwen on a leash, which the martin does not like. As they walk, Farid was quick to help the martin when its leash got caught. Martin does not seem to take to Farid very, but Farid seems not to mind. Mo starts to carry Meggie when she starts having a hard time keeping up. Meggie falls asleep on Mo’s back.
Chapter 21: Basta At a dilapidated house they stop to rest. Mo goes out as Elinor and Meggie lie down inside. Elinor tries to make light of the situation before falling to sleep. Meggie cannot sleep so slips outside to join Mo as dawn breaks. When Mo shakes her awake with his hand over her mouth, she can hear the dogs and then men’s voices. Finally the men can be heard clearly: Basta complaining that Dustfinger has been feeding the dogs cheese to ruin their noses and THIS is why the dogs like him. Further talk between the men determines that it is not definite that Dustfinger helped the prisoners escape.
Chapter 22: In Safety They are all dirty and disheveled. After going into a bathroom to clean up, Elinor returns with the credit card, and they have breakfast. After her experience, the world looks a lot more dangerous to Meggie. As Elinor pays for hotel rooms, Dustfinger and Farid disappear. Meggie can see sadness in Mo’s eyes, and fears he may go back. Elinor gets everyone new cloths and a doctor for Mo’s arm.
Chapter 23: A Night Full of Words Mo leaves Meggie in the hotel to pick up a rental car. Elinor knocks at the door with a book of poems for her. Elinor tells her that she thought that it was a book that Mo could safely read to her. She also has another book, at thick book, which pleases Meggie. After a meal with Mo, they are out walking and they find Dustfinger performing.
Chapter 24: Fenoglio They take the coastal road for an hour to a narrow road to a small village high over the sea. After parking the car, Dustfinger tells Mo he does not need to lock the car since he will keep an eye on it. Then she is told that Capricorn is not killed in the book, and Meggie is disgusted. Fenoglio then tells Meggie that he wanted Capricorn and Basta for a next book if he wrote it. Then Mo asks Fenoglio if he would like to meet Dustfinger.
Chapter 25: The Wrong Ending Fenoglio reveals he really wants to see Dustfinger. When Fenoglio leaves to deal with his rambunctious grandchildren, Meggie tells Mo he has to tell Dustfinger. Then Meggie begs Mo to promise he will not go back to the village. When Fenoglio returns with his grandchildren, Mo tells him that he will take him to Dustfinger in hopes that he can convince Dustfinger that he cannot go back. Fenoglio will take his grandchildren with him so as to blend in better.
Chapter 26: Shivers down the Spine and a Foreboding Dustfinger is sitting at the village war memorial in a deep foreboding. Farid being so happy irritates Dustfinger, so he says something the takes away his happiness. He sees Mo and Meggie and notices that Mo is strained.
Chapter 27: A Good Place to Stay Mo tells Meggie that want to delay going for another day because he wants to talk to Fenoglio; Meggie is worried that Mo will go back to the village, especially since Mo broke his word to Dustfinger. Meggie then tells Mo she is worried that Capricorn would find them, but Mo is positive he will not. They tell Fenoglio that they want to stay another day.
Chapter 28: Going Home Elinor gets home just before midnight; she was not all that excited about going back to her hermit life. When she enters the house and is finally able to get the lights on she sees her bookshelves empty, with the books strewn and trampled on the floor. The Library with her most valuable books is empty except for a hanging dead rooster. She follows a black arrow in the window sill to see the pile of ashes in the garden.
Chapter 29: Only an Idea Fenoglio’s apartment was two streets away. Mo buys some bookbinder’s tools to work on Fenoglio’s books. Mo was disgusted at the condition of the books which were in the attic. With Mo working, Meggie starts reading the books Elinor had bought her out loud, first making sure Mo would not catch her. She and Fenoglio’s children then walk through the village. This goes on for two days. The second night Meggie asks Mo when they will be going to Elinor’s, and Mo states it will be soon. Then she asks if Mo misses his wife, and he says sometimes, but corrects to day most all the time. He then tells Meggie about her mother. Meggie then asks about where Dustfinger is and whether Dustfinger likes Farid. Mo reveals that if it was not for Meggie, he would go back to the village like Dustfinger.
Chapter 30: Talkative Pippo The next morning Elinor calls Fenoglio’s with the news about her books and that she will be flying into the nearest airport to set the police on Capricorn. Then Mo fills in the details with Fenoglio and Meggie. Fenoglio states that Elinor is lucky she is still alive. Mo does not think the police will accomplish anything. Mo leaves immediately for the airport. Meggie finds a homeless cat and takes it with her when she returns to the apartment to feed it some milk. One of the grandchildren is at the door and Meggie answers to find the child with Basta and Flatnose.
Chapter 31: In the Hills Dustfinger uses a house that had belonged to an old woman that Capricorn had sent his men to chase away. The men burned the house and killed the animals. Basta had ordered Flatnose to shut the woman up, and she had fallen dead as Flatnose kept his hand over her mouth. Basta avoided the place for fear of ghosts. From here they can watch the village.
Chapter 32: Back Again The village does not look as foreboding as she remembered. Fenoglio is amazed at how the village looks like a setting he thought up for Inkheart—Inkheart is set in a period similar to medieval times.
Chapter 33: Capricorn’s Maid Dustfinger and Farid sneak into the village. When Farid suggests using the roofs, Dustfinger sees the benefits of this idea. They sneak into Capricorn’s house’s garden. Dustfinger notes with relief that there are no dogs which means that the dogs had smartly not come back, and they had not been replaced. Dustfinger makes the sound of a bird and a woman appears in a window, and a door behind a grating opens and Resa is there.
Chapter 34: Capricorn’s Secrets Capricorn is in a pale yellow suit instead of red in the church when Fenoglio and Meggie are brought to him. Capricorn is obviously unhappy with Basta not bringing Silvertongue, and tells Basta he is slipping. Fenoglio is obviously impressed with himself for his creation, and how Capricorn matches what he imagined.
Chapter 35: Different Aims Farid sees a car coming and goes to Dustfinger to tell him that he thinks it is Silvertongue. Dustfinger rushes to the bridge to stop Silvertongue. Mo gets out of the car furious with Dustfinger for telling Capricorn about them, and Dustfinger denies it.
Chapter 36: In Capricorn’s House The room was furnished with bunk beds and a few other pieces of furniture. Meggie tells Fenoglio that she is going to try to escape. He tells her it is too dangerous and that they will think of something. On her bunk she wonders why Mo has not arrived.
Chapter 37: Carelessness Dustfinger approaches Capricorn’s house through part of the village that is seldom visited by Capricorn’s men because of the unstable walls from a long ago earthquake. He imitates Gwen’s chattering, and a hand waves from Resa’s room. When the door opens it is not Resa, but a girl. It is a trap; Basta, Mortola, and Flatnose are there. He learns from Basta that Resa is also in trouble, which is somewhat of a relief to Dustfinger who thought Resa had given him away.
Chapter 38: A Quiet Voice Meggie attempts to escape by asking the guard to let her go to the bathroom, and runs once she is out of the room. It fails. Meggie is very upset, cries, and states she does not even have any books.
Chapter 39: The Punishment for Traitors Capricorn and the magpie are in the church. Capricorn asks what kept Basta, who explains that the jailer could not get the right key, and that he had to capture something.
Chapter 40: The Black Horse of the Night When Meggie is returns to the room, Fenoglio is anxious to know what happened. She tells him they caught Dustfinger and a woman she thinks is her mother. She tells him that Capricorn is going to read someone out of the book to execute the two prisoners. Fenoglio wants to tell her tomorrow about the being that Capricorn wants her to read out, but Meggie is insistent.
Chapter 41: Farid Farid waits for Dustfinger all night. Mo and Elinor attempts to get Farid to untie them, saying they have to go to the village and determine what happened. Farid tells them that it would be better if he went alone since he is good at that (who would fear a skinny boy); he used to do this for the thieves, who would beat him if he failed. Mo tells him that he is probably right, but asks if he would untie them first; a snake could appear. Then Farid asks if Elinor is Mo’s mother, which Elinor is not sure she is happy about. Then Farid asks about Meggie’s mother. Farid leaves taking the martin since the martin may be useful. Mo’s gives Farid a note to get Meggie if he has an opportunity. He uses a code that he and Meggie used to exchange notes.
Chapter 42: A Furry Face on the Window Sill Flatnose brings a much better breakfast for them, and Meggie does not like the look on his face; Flatnose is looking forward to the execution. When Darius arrives, he excitedly goes for the apricots.
Chapter 43: A Dark Place Dustfinger and Resa only spent a night in the nets, and they are to be locked in the crypts in the church. Dustfinger is relieved—Capricorn thought it would be amusing for the condemned to sleep on crypts.
Chapter 44: Farid’s Report Elinor is asleep when Farid returns—Silvertongue had been worried since he had heard shots. Farid could tell that Silvertongue really is concerned—Farid has never had anybody really care about him.
Chapter 45: Telling Lies to Basta Fenoglio manages to get the guard to fetch Basta, who brings the tin soldier—Basta states he would have thrown the soldier on the fire if he had his way.
Chapter 46: Woken in the Dead of Night That night Fenoglio works on his words. Meggie takes the Tin Soldier by her pillow when she finally goes to bed, telling him that he is better off than the fairy, and that when they get out she will make him a ballerina just like in his story; the magpie had taken all the books away. Fenoglio wakes her telling her he is finished, and that they were going to try an experiment sending the Toy Soldier back.
Chapter 47: Alone She thinks of brave plans to rescue poor Meggie, but realizes they are beyond her. She stumbles towards the car park. Before she can get too close, Mo surprises her with a hand on her mouth; Mo had been looking for her a long time.
Chapter 48: The Magpie It is early when Basta arrives to take Meggie to the magpie. Neither Meggie nor Fenoglio eat any of the breakfast, and Meggie could not get any information from the maid.
Chapter 49: Basta’s Pride and Dustfinger’s Cunning Basta takes Meggie down to the crypts in the church. Basta is not happy with the assignment. In the crypt she gets to see Resa and she looks like her mother.
Chapter 50: No Luck for Elinor It takes an hour for Elinor to get to a village with a police station.
Chapter 51: A Narrow Escape Farid cuts Mo’s hair, and prepares the torches. They hear voices, and Farid takes them to where they can hide where there is a skeleton. As they are hiding, all their stuff is taken.
Chapter 52: A Fragile Little Thing Dustfinger hides in Basta’s place, which is close to Capricorn’s house, but far from anybody else (Basta has no friends). Dustfinger hears a tinkling, and finds the fairy lying in a glass jug, a fairy that is not the blue of the fairies of Inkheart, but pale. He feeds her milk, and she recovers. Dustfinger thinks of going to Capricorn’s festivities but decides not to, leaving Resa to her execution. Dustfinger will find the book afterwards, not willing to leave without it.
Chapter 53: The Right Words Fenoglio continues to work on the story and it is getting late; he is worried about dealing with all the consequences, including keeping the shadow from killing one of them and dealing with Capricorn’s men. Meggie says he should kill all of Capricorn’s men, but Fenoglio states he is not a murderer. She can hear the muttering by Capricorn’s men through the door. Only those men that had come out of Inkheart had ever seen the Shadow; all sorts of stories about the Shadow and the way it kills are circulating. Just before the magpie appears with Meggie’s meal that Fenoglio announces he is finished. A maid with a white dress for Meggie (Meggie tells the magpie she does not like White and is told she will be dressed if she does not dress herself) also arrives. The magpie tells her to wash herself up.
Chapter 54: Fire
Mo and Farid leave Gwen behind. They cannot figure out where Dustfinger is. They see the magpie, Meggie and Flatnose leave Capricorn’s house, and there is only a single guard left at the house.
Chapter 55 Elinor can get few answers from Resa who has only a couple of crumpled papers to write on. Instead, Resa asks Elinor about her family, Elinor whispers the answers into Resa’s ear so Basta cannot hear.
Chapter 56: The Shadow Capricorn tells the crowd that not only are they going to punish the traitors, but celebrate a reunion with an old friend. Cockerell, among others, appear not to be looking forward to the reunion.
Chapter 57: A Deserted Village Half the men disappear (including Flatnose & Cockerell), the rest running away except the shadow and the magpie. Farid goes to the cage to release Elinor and Resa. Then Meggie tells Mo that the rest of the words need to be read, the ones on the other side. They go to the parking lot, but all the vehicles are gone, so they spend the night in the village that seems to be enchanted.
Chapter 58: Home Sickness Dustfinger watched from a distance, close enough to see, looking forward to seeing Basta die. He contemplates his situation, and how he had thrust Resa out of his heart when she refused to leave her daughter. He still wants to get the book that Dustfinger put in his jacket. The fairy had been following, Dustfinger, and he thinks of how vain she is.
Chapter 59: Going Home Meggie initially thinks that Basta took the book, but Mo thinks not and notes that Farid is also gone. When Meggie asks about Fenoglio, Mo tells her that he is not a writer who can read him out. Meggie tells how she is sorry for Fenoglio, but her mother writes that she should not be sorry; it is not such a bad world.
Sequels
The sequel Inkspell was released on October 1, 2005. The third book in the trilogy, Inkdeath, was released on September 28, 2007,
Film adaptation
A movie based on the book was released in the US and Canada on January 23, 2009. Eliza Bennett and Brendan Fraser were the first to be cast, as Meggie and Mo, respectively. The rest of the cast included Paul Bettany as Dustfinger, Rafi Gavron as Farid, Jim Broadbent as Fenoglio, Helen Mirren as Elinor, Andy Serkis as Capricorn, Sienna Guillory as Teresa, and Jamie Foreman as Basta. Iain Softley directed the film.
Critical reception
Inkheart has received praise. The New York Times Book Review described Inkheart as "sprinkled with magical fairy dust",[2] while Kirkus Reviews declared it "a true feast for anyone who has ever been lost in a book".[citation needed]
References
- ^ National Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ Inkspell, back cover
- National Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- Inkspell, back cover
- Official Cornelia Funke website
- Inkworld Wiki site
- Schoolastic site