Coraline
Coraline vient d'emménager dans une vieille maison. Alors que ses parents s'occupent de l'installation, la jeune fille décide de jouer les exploratrices. Méfiance...
Une des portes révèle d'abord un mur de briques, puis un monde fantastique et attirant, étrangement semblable au sien.
 
Chef d'¿uvre de la littérature fantastique, Coraline a remporté de nombreux prix et a été porté à l'écran en 2009 par Henry Selick.
Neil Gaiman signe avec
Coraline un roman inoubliable, qui s'inscrit dans la droite ligne d'Alice au pays des merveilles.
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Coraline
Coraline vient d'emménager dans une vieille maison. Alors que ses parents s'occupent de l'installation, la jeune fille décide de jouer les exploratrices. Méfiance...
Une des portes révèle d'abord un mur de briques, puis un monde fantastique et attirant, étrangement semblable au sien.
 
Chef d'¿uvre de la littérature fantastique, Coraline a remporté de nombreux prix et a été porté à l'écran en 2009 par Henry Selick.
Neil Gaiman signe avec
Coraline un roman inoubliable, qui s'inscrit dans la droite ligne d'Alice au pays des merveilles.
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Coraline

Coraline

by Neil Gaiman

Narrated by Cachou Kirsch

Unabridged — 3 hours, 33 minutes

Coraline

Coraline

by Neil Gaiman

Narrated by Cachou Kirsch

Unabridged — 3 hours, 33 minutes

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One of the best children’s horror stories ever written. Coraline is eager for adventure, but she could never anticipate the veiled terrors of the other side. This is a classic in every sense of the word.

Coraline vient d'emménager dans une vieille maison. Alors que ses parents s'occupent de l'installation, la jeune fille décide de jouer les exploratrices. Méfiance...
Une des portes révèle d'abord un mur de briques, puis un monde fantastique et attirant, étrangement semblable au sien.
 
Chef d'¿uvre de la littérature fantastique, Coraline a remporté de nombreux prix et a été porté à l'écran en 2009 par Henry Selick.
Neil Gaiman signe avec
Coraline un roman inoubliable, qui s'inscrit dans la droite ligne d'Alice au pays des merveilles.

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The Barnes & Noble Review
In Neil Gaiman's bestselling adult fantasies, telling the difference between reality and illusion can sometimes mean your soul. With Coraline, the author of American Gods develops this favorite theme for a younger audience, taking us through a deliciously frightening door to an "other," harrowing world.

Coraline's often wondered what's behind the locked door in the drawing room. It reveals only a brick wall when she finally opens it, but when she tries again later, a passageway mysteriously appears. Coraline is surprised to find a flat decorated exactly like her own, but strangely different. And when she finds her "other" parents in this alternate world, they are much more interesting despite their creepy black button eyes. When they make it clear, however, that they want to make her theirs forever, Coraline begins a nightmarish game to rescue her real parents and three children imprisoned in a mirror. With only a bored-through stone and an aloof cat to help, Coraline confronts this harrowing task of escaping these monstrous creatures.

Gaiman has delivered a wonderfully chilling novel, subtle yet intense on many levels. The line between pleasant and horrible is often blurred until what's what becomes suddenly clear, and like Coraline, we resist leaving this strange world until we're hooked. Unnerving drawings also cast a dark shadow over the book's eerie atmosphere, which is only heightened by simple, hair-raising text. Already compared to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and suited for readers of all ages, Coraline is otherworldly storytelling at its best. (Matt Warner)

Publishers Weekly

When a girl moves into an old house, she finds a door leading to a world that eerily mimics her own, but with sinister differences. "An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons," wrote PW in a boxed review. Ages 8-up. (Aug.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Gr 6-8-When Coraline and her parents move into a new house, she notices a mysterious, closed-off door. It originally went to another part of the house, which her family does not own. Some rather eccentric neighbors call her Caroline and seem not to understand her very well, yet they have information for her that will later prove vital. Bored, she investigates the door, which takes her into an alternate reality. There she meets her "other" mother and father. They are very nice to her, which pleases Coraline but also makes her a little suspicious. Her neighbors are in this other world, and they are the same, yet somehow different. When Coraline gets nervous and returns home, her parents are gone. With the help of a talking cat, she figures out that they are being held prisoner by her other parents, as are the souls of some long-lost children. Coraline's plan to rescue them involves, among other things, making a risky bargain with her other mother whose true nature is beginning to show. The rest of the story is a suspense-filled roller coaster, and the horror is all the more frightening for being slightly understated. A droll humor is present in some of the scenes, and the writing is simple yet laden with foreboding. The story is odd, strange, even slightly bizarre, but kids will hang on every word. Coraline is a character with whom they will surely identify, and they will love being frightened out of their shoes. This is just right for all those requests for a scary book.-Bruce Anne Shook, Mendenhall Middle School, Greensboro, NC Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

From the Publisher

Gaiman’s tale is inventive, scary, thrilling and finally affirmative. Readers young and old will find something to startle them.” — Washington Post Book World

“A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings…Well done.” — New York Times Book Review

“Coraline is by turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful…can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply.” — San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

“A magnificently creepy story. Coraline is spot on.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Gaiman’s pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing.” — Philip Pullman, The Guardian

“The most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love.” — Diana Wynne Jones

“It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece.” — Terry Pratchett

“An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“ Walk through the door and you’ll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil.” — USA Today

“So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour itCoraline is destined to become a classic. — Globe and Mail (Toronto)

“Chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears.” — Times Educational Supplement

“A deliciously scary book that we loved reading together as a family.” — Orson Scott Card

“Beautifully spooky. Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think. ” — Christian Science Monitor

“A frighteningly realistic fantasy. Lean crisp prose adds to the suspense and propels the story, and the eerie black-and-white illustrations by Dave McKean heighten the nightmarish quality of the tale.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

“Kids will hang on every word. Coraline is a character with whom they will surely identify, and they will love being frightened out of their shoes. This is just right for all those requests for a scary book.” — School Library Journal (starred review)

USA Today

Walk through the door and you’ll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil.

Orson Scott Card

A deliciously scary book. The magical elements are surprising and new, and the evil that she has to fight is disturbing in ways that matter.

Diana Wynne Jones

I think this book will nudge Alice in Wonderland out of its niche at last. It is the most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love.

Philip Pullman

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing.

Lemony Snicket

This book tells a fascinating and disturbing story that frightened me nearly to death. Unless you want to find yourself hiding under your bed, with your thumb in your mouth, trembling with fear and making terrible noises, I suggest that you step very slowly away from this book and go find another source of amusement, such as investigating an unsolved crime or making a small animal out of yarn.

Terry Pratchett

It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece.

New York Times Book Review

A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings…Well done.

San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

Coraline is by turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful…can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply.

Washington Post Book World

Gaiman’s tale is inventive, scary, thrilling and finally affirmative. Readers young and old will find something to startle them.

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

Gaiman’s pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch.

USA Today

Walk through the door and you’ll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil.

Times Educational Supplement

Chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears.

Globe and Mail (Toronto)

So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour itCoraline is destined to become a classic.

Locus

CORALINE may be Gaiman’s most disciplined and fully controlled novel to date, and it may even end up as something of a classic.

Christian Science Monitor

Beautifully spooky. Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think.

Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

A frighteningly realistic fantasy. Lean crisp prose adds to the suspense and propels the story, and the eerie black-and-white illustrations by Dave McKean heighten the nightmarish quality of the tale.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Gaiman’s pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch.

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

Gaiman’s pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch.

Family Fun Magazine

A truly creepy tale. Beware those button eyes!

Time Magazines Educational Supplement

"Chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears."

Globe & Mail (Toronto)

"So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour itCoraline is destined to become a classic.

The Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books

“Gaiman’s pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch.

OCT/ NOV 02 - AudioFile

Coraline describes herself as an explorer. When she finds a mysterious corridor in her family’s new flat, she must fight sinister forces determined to keep her parents, three lost souls, and herself prisoner forever. Neil Gaiman’s performance seems effortless. His soft-spoken voice lends to the overall darkness of the story, and his British accent matches the setting. Reading clearly and at a moderate pace, Gaiman will leave teen and adult listeners alike captivated and continuously caught in the suspense. The Gothic Archies, usually featured in the Series of Unfortunate Events audiobooks, make an appearance here, adding haunting music to an already haunting tale. J.M.P. 2003 Audie Award Finalist, 2003 ALA Notable Recording © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

OCT/NOV 02 - AudioFile

Coraline describes herself as an explorer. When she finds a mysterious corridor in her family’s new flat, she must fight sinister forces determined to keep her parents, three lost souls, and herself prisoner forever. Neil Gaiman’s performance seems effortless. His soft-spoken voice lends to the overall darkness of the story, and his British accent matches the setting. Reading clearly and at a moderate pace, Gaiman will leave teen and adult listeners alike captivated and continuously caught in the suspense. The Gothic Archies, usually featured in the Series of Unfortunate Events audiobooks, make an appearance here, adding haunting music to an already haunting tale. J.M.P. 2003 Audie Award Finalist, 2003 ALA Notable Recording © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID: 2940174809567
Publisher: Audiolib
Publication date: 08/24/2022
Edition description: Unabridged
Language: French
Age Range: 8 - 11 Years

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Coraline (AER)

Chapter One

Fairy Tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten
— G.K. Chesterton.

Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house.

It was a very old house — it had an attic under the roof and a cellar under the ground and an overgrown garden with huge old trees in it.

Coraline's family didn't own all of the house, it was too big for that. Instead they owned part of it.

There were other people who lived in the old house.

Miss Spink and Miss Forcible lived in the flat below Coraline's, on the ground floor. They were both old and round, and they lived in their flat with a number of ageing highland terriers who had names like Hamish and Andrew and Jock. Once upon a time Miss Spink and Miss Forcible had been actresses, as Miss Spink told Coraline the first time she met her.

"You see, Caroline," Miss Spink said, getting Coraline's name wrong, "Both myself and Miss Forcible were famous actresses, in our time. We trod the boards, luvvy. Oh, don't let Hamish eat the fruit cake, or he'll be up all night with his tummy."

"It's Coraline. Not Caroline. Coraline," said Coraline.

In the flat above Coraline's, under the roof, was a crazy old man with a big moustache. He told Coraline that he was training a mouse circus. He wouldn't let anyone see it.

"One day, little Caroline, when they are all ready, everyone in the whole world will see the wonders of my mouse circus. You ask me why you cannot see it now. Is that what you asked me?"

"No,"said Coraline quietly, "I asked you not to call me Caroline. It's Coraline."

"The reason you cannot see the Mouse Circus," said the man upstairs, "is that the mice are not yet ready and rehearsed. Also, they refuse to play the songs I have written for them. All the songs I have written for the mice to play go oompah oompah. But the white mice will only play toodle oodle, like that. I am thinking of trying them on different types of cheese."

Coraline didn't think there really was a mouse circus. She thought the old man was probably making it up.

The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring.

She explored the garden. It was a big garden: at the very back was an old tennis court, but no-one in the house played tennis and the fence around the court had holes in it and the net had mostly rotted away; there was an old rose garden, filled with stunted, flyblown rose-bushes; there was a rockery that was all rocks; there was a fairy ring, made of squidgy brown toadstools which smelled dreadful if you accidentally trod on them.

There was also a well. Miss Spink and Miss Forcible made a point of telling Coraline how dangerous the well was, on the first day Coraline's family moved in, and warned her to be sure she kept away from it. So Coraline set off to explore for it, so that she knew where it was, to keep away from it properly.

She found it on the third day, in an overgrown meadow beside the tennis court, behind a clump of trees — a low brick circle almost hidden in the high grass. The well had been covered up by wooden boards, to stop anyone falling in. There was a small knot-hole in one of the boards, and Coraline spent an afternoon dropping pebbles and acorns through the hole, and waiting, and counting, until she heard the plopas they hit the water, far below.

Coraline also explored for animals. She found a hedgehog, and a snake-skin (but no snake), and a rock that looked just like a frog, and a toad that looked just like a rock.

There was also a haughty black cat, who would sit on walls and tree stumps, and watch her; but would slip away if ever she went over to try to play with it.

That was how she spent her first two weeks in the house — exploring the garden and the grounds.

Her mother made her come back inside for dinner, and for lunch; and Coraline had to make sure she dressed up warm before she went out, for it was a very cold summer that year; but go out she did, exploring, every day until the day it rained, when Coraline had to stay inside.

"What should I do?" asked Coraline.

"Read a book," said her mother. "Watch a video. Play with your toys. Go and pester Miss Spink or Miss Forcible, or the crazy old man upstairs."

"No," said Coraline. "I don't want to do those things. I want to explore."

"I don't really mind what you do," said Coraline's mother, "as long as you don't make a mess."

Coraline went over to the window and watched the rain come down. It wasn't the kind of rain you could go out in, it was the other kind, the kind that threw itself down from the sky and splashed where it landed. It was rain that meant business, and currently its business was turning the garden into a muddy, wet soup.

Coraline had watched all the videos. She was bored with her toys, and she'd read all her books.

She turned on the television. She went from channel to channel to channel, but there was nothing on but men in suits talking about the stock market, and schools programmes. Eventually, she found something to watch: it was the last half of a natural history programme about something called protective coloration. She watched animals, birds and insects which disguised themselves as leaves or twigs or other animals to escape from things that could hurt them. She enjoyed it, but it ended too soon, and was followed by a programme about a cake factory.

It was time to talk to her father.

Coraline's father was home. Both of her parents worked, doing things on computers, which meant that they were home a lot of the time. Each of them had their own study...

Coraline (AER). Copyright © by Neil Gaiman. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.

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