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Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was a widely influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books. His most famous contribution to the field of children's literature is the fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain. The concluding book of the series, The High King, was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1969. Alexander's other books have also won multiple National Book Awards. He was also one of the creators of children's literary magazine Cricket.
Alexander was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1924 and grew up in the suburb of Drexel Hill. His father was a stockbroker, and their family was greatly affected by the Great Depression. According to Alexander, his parents didn't read books and only bought them from the Salvation Army "to fill up empty shelves."Alexander graduated at age sixteen in 1940 from Upper Darby High School, where he was inducted into the school's Wall of Fame in 1995. He had decided at age fifteen that he wanted to be a writer, but his parents were so upset that they placed him at Haverford College just down the road from home (although he left after completing only a single term). Looking for adventure, he served during World War II in the US Army, where he rose to be a staff sergeant in intelligence and counterintelligence after he trained in Wales, which would become the setting of many of his books. Alexander then attended the University of Paris, where he met Janine Denni. They were married in 1946.
Alexander died on May 17, 2007, two weeks after the death of his wife of sixty-one years. He is buried at Arlington Cemetery Co in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. His daughter, Madeleine Khalil, died in 1990.
Alexander's most well-known novels are within the genre of children's literature, with The Chronicles of Prydain being his most famous work. The five-volume series of children's fantasy novels detail the adventures of a young man named Taran, who is awarded the honor of Assistant Pig-Keeper but dreams of being a grand hero, and his companions Princess Eilonwy, Fflewddur Fflam the wandering bard and king, a feral yet gentle creature called Gurgi, and a dwarf named Doli. The book focuses on Taran's progression from youth to maturity, with the series being loosely inspired by Welsh mythology and the Mabinogion. The first two books in this series formed the basis of the Disney animated film The Black Cauldron.
Alexander's other major fiction series are the Westmark trilogy, about a printer's apprentice involved in political intrigue in a faux-European kingdom, and the Vesper Holly series, about a wealthy and brilliant Philadelphia orphan who has adventures in various fictional 19th century countries. His picture book The Fortune Tellers (1993), illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, created something of a controversy because some felt that the story was of European origin and thus contextually inappropriate for the book's African setting. But Alexander early on established his interest in the intersection of African and European history (as well as his political leanings) with his 1958 profile of August Bondi (August Bondi: Border Hawk), the Jewish radical abolitionist who rode with John Brown in Kansas attacking pro-slavery militants.
Alexander's last novel, The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio, was published in August 2007. "I have finished my life work," Alexander said about the book before he died. The Dictionary of Literary Biography said Alexander's books had "the special depth and insight provided by characters who not only act, but think, feel and struggle with the same kinds of problems that confuse and trouble people in the twentieth century."
In describing the influences on his writing, Alexander once said, "Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers. I loved all the world's mythologies: King Arthur was one of my heroes."
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The Chronicles of Prydain Series
Lloyd Alexander - The Book Of Three (read by James Langton)
Lloyd Alexander - The Black Cauldron (read by James Langton)
Lloyd Alexander - The Castle Of Llyr (read by James Langton)
Lloyd Alexander - Taran Wanderer (read by James Langton)
Lloyd Alexander - The High King (read by James Langton)
Lloyd Alexander - The Foundling And Other Tales Of Prydain (read by James Langton)
Westmark Series
Lloyd Alexander - Westmark (read by George Backman)
Lloyd Alexander - The Kestrel (read by George Backman)
Lloyd Alexander - The Beggar Queen (read by George Backman)
Vesper Holly Series
Lloyd Alexander - The Illyrian Adventure (read by Ed Blake)
Lloyd Alexander - The El Dorado Adventure (read by Ed Blake)
Lloyd Alexander - The Drackenberg Adventure (read by Ed Blake)
Lloyd Alexander - The Jedera Adventure (read by Ed Blake)
Lloyd Alexander - The Philadelphia Adventure (read by Ed Blake)
Lloyd Alexander - The Xanadu Adventure (read by Michele Schaeffer)
Non-Series
Lloyd Alexander - The Remarkable Journey Of Prince Jen (read by Steven Crossley)
Lloyd Alexander - Time Cat (read by Ron Keith)
Lloyd Alexander - The Arkadians (read by Various)
Lloyd Alexander - The Iron Ring (read by Ron Keith)
Lloyd Alexander - The Cat Who Wished To Be A Man (read by Various)
Lloyd Alexander - The Golden Dream Of Carlo Chuchio (read by Robert Ramirez)
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The Chronicles of Prydain Series
https://rapidgator.net/file/2edeb051f62ed157d8de6dc76fd1c908/The_Book_Of_Three.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/c906674777933efeb713fef11b5a3fbb/The_Black_Cauldron.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/27b100f64e274dde9837c252dba4e00d/The_Castle_Of_Llyr.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/df6dd4e498100cf51b09fe201b52ca2a/Taran_Wanderer.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/a5c7d7aeffffaa853ec7853e7bcf79ee/The_High_King.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/93e4a56ea198331af8175073f314c10d/The_Foundling_And_Other_Tales_Of_Prydain.rar.html
Westmark Series
https://rapidgator.net/file/77c9652c4f186eeb5b6c369a531d3221/Westmark.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/cf4d3f07b048a24474a8661bee99fe0b/The_Kestrel.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/e54fcb00cd2cdb743bdd4946a9d4f6df/The_Beggar_Queen.rar.html
Vesper Holly Series
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https://rapidgator.net/file/e2b8ad7e738056e87f22d513383a92c7/The_El_Dorado_Adventure.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/f22cf859e9fc1ccc58b928623427db64/The_Drackenberg_Adventure.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/215f0db4f9f265a9e076cfb3a419bbae/The_Jedera_Adventure.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/d97e519bd4ff52b5e540c6ccb0ecfd85/The_Philadelphia_Adventure.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/f244c32bb4300e34bd025772eba6da8c/The_Xanadu_Adventure.rar.html
Non-Series
https://rapidgator.net/file/515960424dec156d70dfc067d3a83357/The_Remarkable_Journey_Of_Prince_Jen.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/656c010e9bc7f9d7d35291f9e53871ce/Time_Cat.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/baae667b1214be144453e31a543dc14f/The_Arkadians.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/bb98a5eb8c7e831854280d7d51831cd7/The_Iron_Ring.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/8eba4dc255206da8ef1fad7b40762958/The_Cat_Who_Wished_To_Be_A_Man.rar.html
https://rapidgator.net/file/8bdb1ffb380334a356b157c048dbc24f/The_Golden_Dream_Of_Carlo_Chuchio.rar.html |
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