Madeleine L'Engle

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Madeleine L'Engle


Born
in New York City, New York, The United States
November 29, 1918

Died
September 06, 2007

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Madeleine L'Engle was an American writer of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. Her works reflect both her Christian faith and her strong interest in modern science. ...more

Average rating: 3.99 · 1,835,710 ratings · 70,994 reviews · 169 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Qui...

3.97 avg rating — 1,278,257 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions
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A Wind in the Door (Time Qu...

3.99 avg rating — 131,853 ratings — published 1973 — 29 editions
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A Swiftly Tilting Planet (T...

4.07 avg rating — 111,442 ratings — published 1978 — 4 editions
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Many Waters (Time Quintet, #4)

3.95 avg rating — 50,106 ratings — published 1986 — 18 editions
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An Acceptable Time (Time Qu...

3.78 avg rating — 23,778 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions
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A Ring of Endless Light (Au...

4.17 avg rating — 19,723 ratings — published 1980 — 37 editions
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Time Quartet (Time Quartet,...

4.35 avg rating — 11,214 ratings — published 1989 — 18 editions
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Walking on Water: Reflectio...

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4.25 avg rating — 9,707 ratings — published 1980 — 18 editions
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Meet the Austins (Austin Fa...

3.88 avg rating — 10,542 ratings — published 1960 — 30 editions
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The Arm of the Starfish (O'...

3.85 avg rating — 10,306 ratings — published 1965 — 33 editions
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A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters An Acceptable Time
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3.98 avg rating — 1,620,215 ratings

A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters The Arm of the Starfish Dragons in the Waters A House Like a Lotus
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3.98 avg rating — 1,615,305 ratings

Meet the Austins The Moon by Night The Young Unicorns A Ring of Endless Light Troubling a Star
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3.97 avg rating — 53,146 ratings

The Arm of the Starfish Dragons in the Waters A House Like a Lotus An Acceptable Time
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3.79 avg rating — 43,782 ratings

A Circle of Quiet The Summer of the Great-Gra... The Irrational Season Two-Part Invention: The Sto...
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4.21 avg rating — 16,126 ratings

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Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle  (?)
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
Madeleine L'Engle

“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”
Madeleine L'Engle

“A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.”
Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet

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October 2017 Revisit the Shelf Reread Poll

Madame Bovary by Gustave Fleubert, 329 pages, 1856
 
  57 votes, 17.9%

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 174 pages, 1953
 
  57 votes, 17.9%

 
  38 votes, 11.9%

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, 211 pages, 1962
 
  36 votes, 11.3%

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, 212 pages, 1962
 
  29 votes, 9.1%

 
  28 votes, 8.8%

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, 192pages, 1897
 
  27 votes, 8.5%

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, 592 pages, 1957
 
  18 votes, 5.6%

 
  17 votes, 5.3%

King Lear by William Shakespeare, 400 pages, 1603
 
  12 votes, 3.8%

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