Endymion Spring
There are several themes throughout Endymion Spring. The first and foremost resonates throughout the book in the words "Bring only the insight the inside brings." These words appear to communicate a theme regarding knowledge, and how it should be used.
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Characters
Blake Winters―a preteen male who is the protagonist of the modern story line. He finds the book which is later revealed as Endymion Spring and is ultimately the one that catapults the story into existence.
Duck Winters―Blake's sister. Although her true name is not known, she is referred to as Duck throughout the book. She is portrayed as a precocious character, and often shelters from her insecurities regarding herself by showing off her intelligence to professors at Oxford, most of which are very impressed.........
Diana Bentley-The Person in the Shadow, as well as Sir Gile's wife.
Sir Giles- A book collector, and one of the founders of the Ex Libris Society.
Johann Gutenberg―Endymion Spring's master. He is known in the book as Herr Gutenberg by both Peter and Endymion.
Johann Fust/Faust―the same character. As a general rule, the name Faust is used in the modern storyline and the name Fust is used in the 1400s storyline.Thought to have sold his soul to the devil.
Peter Schoeffer―Fust's apprentice and chosen son-in-law, and the one who thought of the plan for Endymion Spring to escape to Oxford. He was promised Fust's daughter, Christina, a hand in marriage if he did his bidding.
Mephistopheles―the librarian's cat, and is often sneaking into the library and causing trouble. The cat's name does not seem to hold any significance in the book, although a character that shares its name is found in pact with the Devil, the book which Faust came from. This cat was not made up from the author's point of view when he was writing this story. In Hebrew, Mephistopheles is translated to 'the destroyer of good'. It is also directly referred to being the Devil.
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Trivia
- According to an interview with Skelton by Scholastic, most of the riddles in the book came to him once he was asleep.
- Duck, according to the same interview, is actually based on his childhood self. Skelton is dressed similarly to the description of Duck's dress in a childhood photo.
- Warner Bros. currently hold rights to an Endymion Spring film.[1]
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External links
- Random House Endymion website
- Warner Bros. Endymion website
- Matthew Skelton's Official Blog Page †The childhood photo of Skelton can be seen here
- Scholastic Interview of Matthew Skelton
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Notes
- ^ CHILDREN'S AUTHORS, Felicity Bryan Literary Agency
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