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y separately published work icon Carabas single work   novel   fantasy   young adult  
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Carabas
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'This novel is the first in my fairytale trio which also includes Cold Iron (1998) and Clementine (1999). It is based around the fairytale of Le Chat Botte, or Puss in Boots, and also around the legends of Biblical angels. Set in the 17th century in the time of the Sun King, Louis XIV, it is a brilliant adventure as well as an exciting mystery. Frederic, the youngest son of the miller, is banished from his village for having protected a woman, Catou, who has been accused of being a witch and a shape shifter.Because of this, Catou is bound to help him---and little by little, the secret of her extraordinary powers are revealed..When they reach the glittering court of the King, danger is stalking them, very closely..'

Source: Sophie Masson website. Sighted http://users.northnet.com.au/~smasson/existing%20books/carabas.htm 2006 (website now defunct see instead http://www.sophiemasson.org/)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Rydalmere, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,: Hodder SF/Fantasy , 1996 .
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      Extent: 180p.
      ISBN: 0733603807
    • Winona, Minnesota,
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      Americas,      :       Saint Mary's Press ,       2000 .
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      Alternative title: Serafin
      Extent: p. cm.p.
      ISBN: 088489567X
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    y separately published work icon Cold Iron, Clementine, Carabas Sophie Masson , Sydney : Hodder Headline Australia , 2001 Z933335 2001 selected work novel fantasy young adult Sydney : Hodder Headline Australia , 2001
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Related Works

y separately published work icon Cold Iron Sophie Masson , Sydney : Hodder Headline , 1998 Z394904 1998 single work novel fantasy young adult

'Cold Iron is set in a fairytale world---a kind of parallel Elizabethan period. It is based on the English fairytale Tattercoats (which is a kind of Cinderella story) and Shakespeare's beautiful play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. It enters the fairy kingdom of Titania and Oberon, and takes the reader into the vivid world of Elizabethan England. Tattercoats is the neglected, beautiful grand-daughter of the rich Baron of Fisher Forest, who is inconsolable because of his daughter's death in bearing Tattercoats. Her father has gone away; and so the only friends Tattercoats has in the world are the servant girl Malkin and Pug, a lame, flute-playing gooseherd. One day, the Baron receives an invitation to go to the birthday ball of the Earl of Malmsey, at Elizabeth's court; and Tattercoats desperately wants to go. But her grandfather does not want to let her. It is up to Malkin and Pug to find a way.' (Source: Sophie Masson)
y separately published work icon Clementine : A Fantasy Novel Sophie Masson , Rydalmere : Hodder Headline Australia , 1999 Z848155 1999 single work novel fantasy young adult 'Sophie Masson carries listeners back to 18th-century England to witness the birth of two children who are destined to be connected throughout their lives. Aurora is born into royalty, while Clementine is the daughter of the local woodcutter. However, their births have brought fairies to each of their cradles to bestow gifts. Although the girls will be friends throughout their first 16 years, there are secrets surrounding them, especially the legend of the sleeping castle of Joli-Bois. The novel is a spellbinding reworking of the familiar tale of Sleeping Beauty.' Source: bookseller's website.
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Works about this Work

Times Past, Time to Come : The Influence of the Past on Visions of the Future Sophie Masson , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Walking in the Garden of the Mind 2005; (p. 241-255) 'A study of the past is essential to a presentiment of the future, and an appreciation of the present, too.' The author cites Yeats' 'Second Coming'and other works which have foreshadowed the future, and discusses the predicitve elements in her own novels.
Untitled Anne Briggs , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 12 no. 1 1997; (p. 38)
— Review of Carabas Sophie Masson , 1996 single work novel
Untitled Kerry Neary , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 41 no. 1 1997; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Carabas Sophie Masson , 1996 single work novel
Untitled Lina Paladino , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 5 no. 1 1997; (p. 43)
— Review of Carabas Sophie Masson , 1996 single work novel
Times Past, Times to Come: The New Middle Ages? Sophie Masson , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 41 no. 7-8 1997; (p. 71-75) Walking in the Garden of the Mind 2005; (p. 241-255)
Untitled Kerry Neary , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 41 no. 1 1997; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Carabas Sophie Masson , 1996 single work novel
Untitled Anne Briggs , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 12 no. 1 1997; (p. 38)
— Review of Carabas Sophie Masson , 1996 single work novel
Parallel Worlds Geoff Bull , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1996-1997) no. 187 1996; (p. 89-90)
— Review of Beyond the Hanging Wall Sara Douglass , 1996 single work novel ; Carabas Sophie Masson , 1996 single work novel
Untitled Lina Paladino , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 5 no. 1 1997; (p. 43)
— Review of Carabas Sophie Masson , 1996 single work novel
Times Past, Time to Come : The Influence of the Past on Visions of the Future Sophie Masson , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Walking in the Garden of the Mind 2005; (p. 241-255) 'A study of the past is essential to a presentiment of the future, and an appreciation of the present, too.' The author cites Yeats' 'Second Coming'and other works which have foreshadowed the future, and discusses the predicitve elements in her own novels.
Times Past, Times to Come: The New Middle Ages? Sophie Masson , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 41 no. 7-8 1997; (p. 71-75) Walking in the Garden of the Mind 2005; (p. 241-255)
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