Is that her actions will have consequences not just in her world, but in all the worlds beyond. and where her uncle Asriel is attempting to build a bridge to a parallel world. Precocious orphan Lyra trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure.

Buy a discounted Hardcover of His Dark Materials online from Australias. To find him, she will travel to the cold, far North, where armored bears and witch clans rule. Booktopia has His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass (Book 1) by Philip Pullman. Milton’s epic poem from the 17th century tells the story of Adam and Eve, and of Satan’s banishment from heaven. Lyra learns that Roger was kidnapped by a shadowy organization that steals children and, it is rumored, experiments on them. His Dark Materials is a retelling of Paradise Lost. The Golden Compass is a 2007 fantasy adventure film written and directed by Chris Weitz that is based on the 1995 novel Northern Lights by Philip Pullman, the first installment in Pullmans His Dark Materials trilogy. Lyra is thrust into the middle of the conflict when her uncle Asriel comes to Oxford, fomenting rebellion, and when her best friend, Roger, suddenly disappears. Philip Pullman takes readers to a world where humans have animal familiars and where parallel universes are within reach.Ī war is brewing in Lyra's world-a battle between those who would keep people in ignorance and those who are willing to fight for true freedom. Bestseller hailed as one of the best books of all time, is now the basis for an HBO original series, starring Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.Īn Entertainment Weekly All-Time Greatest Novel

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