Awful End
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| Author | Philip Ardagh |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | David Roberts |
| Language | English (United Kingdom) |
| Series | Eddie Dickens Trilogy |
| Genre | comedy |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 2000 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Book |
| Pages | 119 |
| ISBN | 0-571-20354-X |
| OCLC | 44562795 |
| LC Class | PZ7.A6776 Aw 2000 |
| Followed by | Dreadful Acts |
Awful End (published in the US as A House Called Awful End) a 2000 children's novel by Philip Ardagh and the first book of the Eddie Dickens trilogy, which was followed by Dreadful Acts.
It was shortlisted for the 2002 Stockton Children's Book of the Year Award.[1] The German translation by Harry Rowohlt won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2003[2].
The book is essentially a comical adventure about Eddie Dickens who has to go live with his Great Uncle and Great Aunt at Awful End as his parents have the yellow fever. Philip Ardagh uses clever puns and uses ambiguity of sentences to create a situation comedy. For example: 'Eddie took a seat next to Aunt. "Put that seat right back into its place!", screamed Aunt. So Eddie put the seat back in its place and sat down.'
Synopsis
When both of Eddie Dickens's parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow, go a bit crinkly round the edges and smell of hot water bottles, it's agreed he should go and stay with relatives at their house Awful End. Unfortunately for Eddie, those relatives are Mad Uncle Jack and Even-Madder Aunt Maud, and it doesn't look as if the three of them are ever going to reach their destination ...
Set in a 19th-century world of blotchy skin, runaway orphans, and a stuffed stoat called Malcolm, this wonderfully ridiculous adventure story was Philip Ardagh's first full-length work of fiction and provides pure entertainment for children aged 8-80.[3]
Philip Ardagh
Philip Ardagh is a children's author whose other tittles include The Grunts, Grubtown Tales and Stick and Fetch. Many consider The Eddie Dickens Series one of his best works.
Even Madder Aunt Maud
Even Madder Aunt Maud[4] (full name: Maud MacMuckle; also known as EMAM) is one of the principal characters in Philip Ardagh's best-selling books 'The Eddie Dickens Trilogy'. Even Madder Aunt Maud is Mad Uncle Jack’s wife, making her Eddie’s Even Madder Great-Aunt Maud. She is to be seen anywhere and everywhere accompanied by her pet stoat, Malcolm. Although she is a bit mad, she always has perfectly reasonable explanations for things, or at least they are reasonable in her mind.[5]
Mad Uncle Jack
Mad Uncle Jack is the husband of Even Madder Aunt Maud. He is less mad than his wife hence his wife's name "Even Madder Aunt Maud". He is Eddie's Mad Great Uncle Jack.
20 years of Eddie Dickens
2020 sees the 20th anniversary of Eddie Dickens in print. The book (Awful End) was the first of six books beginning with Awful End and ending with Final Curtain.
Other Books in The Eddie Dickens Series
The following Books in the series are:
References
- ^ "Authors compete for children's votes". The Northern Echo. 2002-03-12. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ www.akj.de, AKJ-. "Schlimmes Ende". Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V. (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ^ "Awful End". Public Store View. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ^ "Awful End". Public Store View. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ^ Scholastic
- ^ "Dreadful Acts by Philip Ardagh | Scholastic". www.scholastic.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ^ "Terrible Times". Public Store View. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ^ "Dubious Deeds : Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens (Bk.1) by Ardagh, Philip: New Paperback (2004) | Murray Media". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ^ "Horrendous Habits - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ^ "Final Curtain: Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens Book 3 by Philip Ardagh: Good Paperback (2007) | The Monster Bookshop". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
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