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A Wrinkle in Time

De: Madeleine L'Engle
Narrado por: Hope Davis, Ava DuVernay, Madeleine L'Engle, Charlotte Jones Voiklis
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Madeleine L’Engle’s ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic, now a major motion picture. This audiobook includes an introduction read by the film director Ava DuVernay, a foreword read by the author, and an afterword read by Madeleine L’Engle’s granddaughter Charlotte Jones Voiklis.

Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a “tesseract”, which, if you didn’t know, is a wrinkle in time. Meg’s father had been experimenting with time-travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father?

In 1962, Madeleine L’Engle debuted her novel A Wrinkle in Time, which would go on to win the 1963 Newbery Medal. Bridging science and fantasy, darkness and light, fear and friendship, the story became a classic of children’s literature and is beloved around the world.

A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in The Time Quintet, which consists of A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time.

© 2007 by Taeeun Yoo. Used with permission of Pippin Properties, Inc.

©1962 Madeleine L'Engle (P)2011 Random House Audio
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Editorial review


By Seth Hartman, Audible Editor

A WRINKLE IN TIME IS A BONA FIDE SPECULATIVE FICTION CLASSIC

Like many kids growing up in the Northeast suburbs, I spent my summers at a sleepaway camp in the forests of Maine. Whenever anyone in my bunk would get homesick, our counselor, Claire, would pick a book from the small camp library. One night she came back with A Wrinkle in Time, an innocent looking little paperback. Little did I know, I was in for a much more substantive experience than I could ever have expected.

Our story opens with Meg Murry, an intelligent but shy girl who is becoming increasingly worried about her father, a brilliant astrophysicist who mysteriously disappeared a year ago. Before long, she is visited by Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which, a gaggle of extradimensional beings determined to help Meg find her father. These so called "cherubim" provide our call to adventure, sending Meg on a psychedelic odyssey along with her precocious little brother Charles Wallace and her good friend, Calvin O’Keefe.

Before the end of the first chapter, my 10-year-old mind was sufficiently blown, filled with foreign concepts like tesseracts, cherubim, and the fifth dimension. Despite the lofty terminology and subject matter, author Madeleine L’Engle dared me to continue on (or, at least, have my counselor continue reading to me). While revisiting this book as an adult, it became clear that this story was something much deeper and larger than a fairy tale. L’Engle was a true student of the world, drawing terms and imagery from a number of sources, from theoretical physics to religious mysticism straight out of the Kabbalah, and deftly melding themes of family, duty, freedom, friendship, and faith into this strange brew of influences.

The unique imagery and thematic layout of this book is not its only defining feature, however. A Wrinkle in Time was released in 1962, during a pretty iconic era of fantasy and science fiction. As one of the few women in the field at the time, L’Engle and her female protagonist Meg made a striking impact on the literary world. Looking back at my introduction to A Wrinkle in Time, I’m glad it was read to me in a female voice. Experiencing the audiobook as an adult was even more exciting, as a cast of narrators fully flesh out L’Engle’s assortment of characters.

While my deeply impressionable young mind worked hard to make sense of this exceptionally trippy novel, I can confidently say that this book has something for everyone. Not only a classic children's book, A Wrinkle in Time remains an essential entry among science fiction’s greatest works.

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Good Rewind to my youth.

I felt like a kid again reading this. It was one of my favorites as a child. I was surprised at how simplistic it seemed to me now. The Narrator did well.

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Brilliant

I was recommended the book by a friend after I said how much I enjoyed Narnia.
A bit heavy handed with it's christian metaphors, and I could have done without the "perfect guy falling in love with the quirky protagonist with low self esteem" but that doesn't intrude much, if at all, with what's amazing about the story.
All the characters are amazing
The worlds are amazing
The truths and metaphors are amazing
The lessons are amazing.
Loved it.

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Loved it!! Not sure why I never read it before.

Loved it!! It is a must read. A spiritual sci-fi book that will inspire you.

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Such an excellent book on many levels.

It is hard to define. Is it science, science fiction, fantasy... Yes all and more. I only wish that it were longer.

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Real

I loved this book. it has a realness to it. It gives you a chance to escape and think of other things than your job and basic life. It allows you to think of actual life, things that really matter as in love, fear, hope, and how to look into your self and others and understand more than just what you can see, feel and hear. It gives you a chance to open up to the real world as you escape to an imaginary one. I recommend this book to everyone who has a desire to not only escape from their life for a while, but to those who want to open themselves to new knowledge and understanding.
If after listening or reading this book you dont feel the same way I do about it, I strongly suggest you listen/read it again till you have that understanding.

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Great story

I remember reading this book as a child and loving it. It is just as enjoyable as it was then.

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Great for a road trip

My kids absolutely loved it! They said the book is way better than the movie!

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different

It is a strange story for kids let alone for adults- it was kind of hard to follow

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Story and characters are geared to adolescents

Would you be willing to try another book from Madeleine L'Engle? Why or why not?

No, did not find this book engaging enough to give a second chance to the author but I might go see the movie.

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No other experience with the narrator.

Was A Wrinkle in Time worth the listening time?

Not for me, but would probably appeal to adolescent listeners

Any additional comments?

My wife's book club read/listened to this book which is why we had the audible verion.

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Great family read

Would you consider the audio edition of A Wrinkle in Time to be better than the print version?

It was great to listen to with my son. The reader was enjoyable and we really liked listening to it as a family. Great for a road trip.

Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?

All the characters were great, the narrator had special voices for each and was enjoyable to listen to. Our favorite was probably Calvin.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

We listened to this book so quickly, we just wanted to know what was going to happen.

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Great family read. We really enjoyed this classic.

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