The average reader will spend
8 hours and 38 minutes
reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute).
How long is the Amber Spyglass audiobook?
Listening Length 14 hours and 53 minutes | Publisher Listening Library | Program Type Audiobook | Version Unabridged | Language English |
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How many words does the Amber Spyglass have?
The Amber Spyglass –
168,640 words
.
What age is the Amber Spyglass for?
Its “on” for
ages 10+
, although if you’re highly sensitive to war and religion then wait till you’re 11.
How long does it take to read The Golden Compass?
The average reader will spend
6 hours and 11 minutes
reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute).
Will Lyra and will ever meet again?
In the third and final novel of the His Dark Materials series, Lyra and Will discover that they have to return to their respective worlds or they’ll eventually grow sick and die, and that they have to close all of the windows to other worlds in order to save mankind, meaning that they will never see each other
again
.
What happens to pan in The Amber Spyglass?
Lyra and Pan have never fully recovered from the events of The Amber Spyglass, which saw
Lyra painfully separating herself from Pan
— or, as they both think of it, abandoning him — in order to journey into the land of the dead. … So he leaves her to go off in search of it, leaving Lyra all alone.
Do Lyra and Will kiss?
As Balthamos leads Father Gomez away from Will and Lyra, Lyra tells Will that she loves him. She feeds him a piece of fruit, and
they kiss passionately
.
Does will touch Lyra’s dæmon?
His Dark Materials answered a long-standing question about why daemons can’t touch other people when, in season 2, episode 4, “Tower of the Angels,” Lyra’s
daemon Pan
shared an intimate and taboo touch with Will Parry. Daemons are a common sight in Lyra’s world, but they’re more than just constant companions.
Will his dark material dæmon?
William ‘Will’ Parry (born 1984) was a young boy from England, and the final bearer of the subtle knife. Although not born in Lyra’s world, after he visited the land of the dead his soul became a dæmon named
Kirjava
. Not long afterwards, she settled as a cat at the touch of his first love, Lyra Silvertongue.
What does Lyra’s dæmon settle as?
Lyra Silvertongue, previously and legally known as Lyra Belacqua, was a young girl from Oxford in Brytain. Her dæmon was Pantalaimon, who settled as
a pine marten
when she was twelve years old.
What is the compass called in His Dark Materials?
The alethiometer, also
called “the Golden Compass” (the title of the His Dark Materials series’ first book in North America), refers to a mechanical device made up of one face and three hands.
How do daemons settle?
During their
adolescence
a person’s dæmon undergoes “settling”, an event in which that person’s dæmon permanently and involuntarily assumes the form of the animal which the person most resembles in character. Dæmons are usually of the opposite sex to their human, though same-sex dæmons do exist.
Why can’t Lyra and will be together?
The book ends with Will and Lyra falling in love but realising they cannot live together in the same world, because all windows – except one from the underworld to the world of the Mulefa –
must be closed to prevent the loss
of Dust, because with every window opening, a Spectre would be created and that means Will must …
What animal is Lyra’s dæmon?
Lyra’s dæmon, Pantalaimon /ˌpæntəˈlaɪmən/, is her dearest companion, who she calls “Pan”. In common with dæmons of all children, he can take any animal form he pleases; he first appears in the story as a
dark brown moth
. His name in Greek means “all-compassionate”.
Why is Mrs Coulter’s dæmon a monkey?
Nicole Kidman played Mrs Coulter in the film adaptation, The Golden Compass. Her dæmon was
changed from a Golden Monkey to a Golden snub-nosed monkey
in order to better reflect the two sides of Coulter’s character.