The Box of Delights
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The Box of Delights is a classic British children's fantasy novel by John Masefield, best known for its magical adventure involving time travel and a powerful enchanted box, and for its much-loved 1984 BBC television adaptation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Box of Delights canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British children's fantasy novel
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novel ⓘ television adaptation ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Box of Delights (1984 BBC television serial) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John Masefield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Box of Delights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralElement | magic box ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Christmas adventure
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good versus evil ⓘ magic ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Abner Brown
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Abner Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Cole Hawlings NERFINISHED ⓘ Cole Hawlings NERFINISHED ⓘ Kay Harker NERFINISHED ⓘ Kay Harker NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Christmas fiction
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children's literature ⓘ children's television ⓘ fantasy ⓘ fantasy television ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
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stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | print ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
clergy in fantasy
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enchanted object ⓘ school holidays adventure ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
children
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young adults ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative use of time travel in children's fiction
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popular 1984 BBC television adaptation ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 6 ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Midnight Folk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Heinemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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