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His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) by Pullman, Phillip is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) about?

The questions, discussion topics, and author information that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading of The Golden Compass . We hope that this guide will help you to navigate - alongside the story's young protagonist, Lyra Belacqua - Philip Pullman's richly imagined universe, populated by armored bears, gyptians, witches, and human beings, whose dæmons are never far from their side. Dæmons are one of the most striking, charming, and powerful images in The Golden Compass . These spirit-creatures, which seem like physical representations of the human soul, can change form to reflect the myriad of emotional states their humans go through as children. But in adulthood, each dæmon settles into the animal form that best reflects the inner nature of its human counterpart. It is in this unusual and imaginative creation that Pullman turns his sharpest mirror back onto his readers, helping us to imagine our own souls as precious, living extensions of ourselves that we can love, challenge, or even betray. The Golden Compass is a complex story that turns on a simple word: 'Dust.' This Dust does not gather in the unswept corners of Jordan College, Lyra's Oxford home. Rather, this D

Who reads His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1)?

Author

Pullman, Phillip

Publisher

Scholastic

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375823459

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Children'S

Rating

4.5 / 5 (10,470 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14