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The Lamplighter's Funeral

The Lamplighter's Funeral

Apprentices #1
Children's BooksHistorical Fiction
Pages
47
Published
1976
Language
English

Synopsis

Pallcat, a solitary lamplighter in 18th-century London, diligently tends his lamps and guides late-night revelers. His quiet routine is disrupted when a ragged, angelic urchin named Possul enters his life and becomes his apprentice. As they navigate the city's dark streets together, Pallcat grows increasingly uneasy about Possul's uncanny ability to illuminate hidden, unsettling corners. He begins to question the true identity of his mysterious young companion.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

AtmosphericGritty
Mentor FigureComing of AgeMystery Box

Genres

Children's Books Historical Fiction Mystery

Authors

A
Antony Maitland

Antony Maitland writes stories like "The Lamplighter's Funeral" and "Mirror, Mirror." His books are often talked about for their memorable plots and straightforward style.

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Leon Garfield

Leon Garfield was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for children's historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. Garfield's novels for children all have historical settings, mainly in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The novels were greatly influenced by both Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson. Garfield wrote his first book, the pirate novel _Jack Holborn_, for adult readers, but an editor saw its potential as a children's novel and persuaded Garfiel...

Characters

PallcatProtagonist
PossulProtagonist
All characters in The Lamplighter's Funeral