The Marvels
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Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text. In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.
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An amazing confluence of words and wordlessness, print and pictures, truth and fiction and meta-fiction. I love this book. – Perhaps a real review will follow later, but for now, I leave it at this.
This was a wonderful book. The story in pictures and the story in words tie together so well, and Selznick's unique art style works so well here. I loved every bit of this.
