The Weirdstone of Brisingamen

Overview:

• Title: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
• Author: Alan Garner
• Year: 1960
• Type: Novel
• Series: Alderley
• Number in series: 1

Synopsis:

Susan and Colin have been sent to their mother’s nurse for 6 months. The two children rapidly adjust to life in the country Around Alderly Edge, but find an unusual interest in Susan’s ’Tear’, a stone hanging form a bracelet passed to their monther by Bess Mossack, the nurse. They find that this stone has been the object of a prolonged search by both light and dark forces. Myths awake, and the children and their mentors, human, dwarf and elf, set out on a quest to return the stone before the twilight of the gods can descend.

Notes:

The first of Mr. Garner’s books introduces the Alderly Edge as the center of great mythic doings.

Variant Titles:

• 1960. The Weirdstone (1961 US)

Editions/Publications:

• 1960. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1960, Alan Garner Collins, Novel)
• 1961. The weirdstone;: A tale of Alderley (1961, Alan Garner F. Watts, ISBN-10: B0006AX3NK, unk, Novel)
• 1966. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1966, Alan Garner Ace, Catalog ID: #G-570, $0.50, 192 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1967. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Classic Ace, G-570) (1967, Alan Garner, Jack Gaughan Ace Books, ISBN-10: 0441075703, Paperback, Novel)
• 1974. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1974, Alan Garner Armada Lion, ISBN-10: B000CP86QS, Trade, Novel)
• 1986. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1986, Alan Garner Fontana Lion, ISBN-10: 0006716725, L1.95, 224 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1992. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1992, Alan Garner Lions, ISBN-10: 0006742939, L3.50, 265 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1995. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1995, Alan Garner, Robert Powell HarperCollins, ISBN-10: 000102437X, unk, Novel)
• 1999. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1999, Alan Garner Collins, ISBN-10: 0006742939, £4.99, 265 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 2002. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (2002, Alan Garner Voyager, ISBN-10: 000712788X, L4.99, 288 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 2006. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (March 01, 2006, Alan Garner, Sean Barrett Naxos Audiobooks, ISBN-10: 9626343966, $41.98, unk, Novel)
• 2006. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen : A Tale of Alderley (October 01, 2006, Alan Garner Odyssey Classics, ISBN-10: 015205636X, $6.95, 288 pages, Trade, Novel)

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