In the Castle she meets Calcifer, a terrifying fire demon whom she makes a bargain with to destroy the contract that binds Howl and Calcifer. She hires herself as a cleaning lady and with good reason: the castle really needs it. Sophie flees Market Chipping and takes refuge at Howl’s moving castle. The story really begins to happen when Sophie is magically turned into an old woman of about ninety by inadvertedly offending the Witch of the Waste. Because of these rumours, all the girls are warned never to go out alone. It was then learned it was not the Witch of the Waste, it was Wizard Howl who was equally terrible: he was cold-blooded and sucked the souls out of beautiful young girls or ate their hearts. So naturally people became fearful when they caught sight of a tall moving castle. Unfortunately, it seemed Wizard Suliman had not only failed to deal with the Witch: he had been killed by her. The King had ordered his personal magician, Wizard Suliman, to deal with the Witch. Annabel Fairfax and Sophie would inherit the hat shop when Fanny retires as Sophie is the eldest and in the meantime becomes an apprentice to her mother.ĭuring this time the Witch of the Waste has been rumoured to be stirring again and planning to terrorize the country. Lettie becomes an apprentice to Cesari’s, the pastry cook in Market Square Martha is apprenticed to Fanny’s old school friend Mrs. Hatter died suddenly just as Sophie was old enough to leave school, Fanny plans her daughters’ futures. The Hatters owned a family business in Market Chipping selling ladies’ hats. Hatter’s daughters by his first wife, and after his first wife died he married his youngest shop assistant Fanny. Sophie Hatter is the eldest of three sisters, the younger two being Lettie and Martha. Another accepted way of life is that it is a misfortune to be born the eldest of three, for everyone knows that if the three ever go out into the world to seek their fortunes the eldest will fail first. The setting is in the fictitious magical kingdom of Ingary, where many fairy-tale tropes are accepted ways of life. See my previous post Howl’s Moving Castle (2004 film) for more information about the movie Howl’s Moving Castle. It was adapted in 2004 as an animated film by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Howl’s Moving Castle by British author Diana Wynne Jones was first published in 1986.
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