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Hungry for power and knowledge, sparrowhawk tampered with. Originally published in 1968, it is an early precursor of harry potter, and regarded as a classic of fantasy and childrens literature. It is regarded as a classic of childrens literature, and of fantasy, within which it was widely influential. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with longheld secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. A wizard of earthsea stream or download audiobooks instantly. In 1968, this story would certainly have seemed greatly different than tolkiens the lord of the rings or the sword and sorcery tales of poul anderson and also michael. A wizard of earthsea audiobook download, free online audio. In the third episode of this brilliant fantasy saga, a much older ged. The story is s et in the fictional archipelago of earthsea and centers around a young mage named ged, born in a village on the island of gont. I have the cassette version judi dench narrates and michael maloney plays ged. A wizard of earthsea shortgrass library system overdrive. Listen to wizard of earthsea audiobook by ursula k. A wizard of earthsea oregon digital library consortium. When sparrowhawk casts a spell that saves his village from destruction at the hands of the invading kargs, ogion, the mage of re albi, encourages.
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