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The Black Cauldron Study Guide

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by Lloyd Alexander
About 6 pages (1,751 words)
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The central episode involving the destruction of the cauldron is based on an event in the Mabinogion, also recounted by Evangeline Walton. The handling of the episode, however, is more evocative of Tolkien, whose fantasy trilogy also.....

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The Black Cauldron from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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