Publication history
''Courtney Crumrin'' was originally published as aCharacters
*Courtney Crumrin - A young girl who is an outcast at school and ignored by her parents. When her parents move in with her Uncle Aloysius she discovers she can do magic. * Aloysius Crumrin - An old man who has shunned public life, but the Coven often asks him to do their dirty work. A powerful warlock who loves Courtney deeply. *Courtney's parents - Two people who seem to not care that they have a child and are often off in a world of their own. Considered banal by the upper class of Hillsborough. *Ms. Calpurnia Crisp - Courtney's school teacher. She is in fact a witch herself, doing a favor for Aloysius, watching over Courtney. *Butterworm - A goblin that lives in the forest by Courtney's home. He often helps Courtney out but he still seems to be up to no good. *Butterbug - Butterworm's little brother. Can't speak properly because his tongue is too big. *Boo & Quick - Two cats of the neighborhood who can talk and brought Courtney along to witness the selection of a new leader among the cats. *Tobermory - A huge, scarred cat; former leader of the cats of Hillsborough. Was wounded and lost his left eye fighting a huge Mastiff, The Hound of Radley Hall. *The Dreadful Dutchess - A night thing from the Twilight Kingdom who has begrudgingly helped out Courtney on several occasions because of Courtney's relationship with Skarrow. Her familiars are giant cats. *Skarrow - The Dutchess's "son", in actuality a human, and Courtney's beloved friend in her new town. He lived for centuries in the underworld, then left it, searching for human affection. *The Twilight King - Ruler of the Twilight Kingdom. He was the spirit of the forest on the surface, but Human activity drove him and his subjects underground. His queen stayed "in the dwindling wilds of the earth until they were no more". He rides a horse and wears a crown of barren branches. *Tommy Rawhead & Bloody Bones - "The Worst Goblin That Ever Was", a giant hobgoblin that is feared by other night things and wizards alike. Magic has no effect on him as he has been "accurs'd one hundredfold".Trade Paperback Volumes
The 7 volumes of the series come both inVolume 5: The Witch Next Door
This volume has five chapters: Chapter one (Page 9 to page 31): Describes the history of Aloysius, Herma Harker and his father, Heronoymous Harker, he tried to use Herma to gain access to Aloysious House and eliminate him whom saw as the source of the punishment received by coven members that broke Ravanna's law. Chapter two (page 35 to page 56): Introduces Courtneys new neighbor, Holly, whom became Courtney's friend. Chapter three (page 35 to page 56): Holly befriends the other classmates who tell their point of view of Courtney and her effects on the school kids. Chapter four (page 59 to page 80): Holly go with Courtney to Gobbling Town, gives honeysuckle nectar obtained in a previous trip, she tried to make Courtney drink the nectar but Courtney exchanged previously. Holly got slept and is captured, the Courtney is also captured. In some editions the pages are mixed in a wrong order in he section from page 51 to page 81. The page 49 should be followed by the pages 60 to 74, and after the page 74 continues pages 51 to 59. The second half of page 59 marks this division, this is clear on the page 56, when Holly starts telling Courtney the child names told by the other classmates on the pages 60 to 74. Chapter five (Pages 83- 129): Cortney confront "the lord of the hunt", and is helped by Templeton, then is rescued by Aloysius and Calpurnia Crisp.Volume 6: The Final Spell -
*Volume 7: Tales of a Warlock - **Courtney Crumrin Tales: A Portrait of the Warlock as a Young Man - **Courtney Crumrin Tales Volume 2: The League of Ordinary Gentlemen -References
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