Charmed Life
core novel 1977 Chrestomanci
Record
| First published | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.97 (36,371 ratings, collected 2026-08-07) |
| Page count | 288 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780688155469 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Chrestomanci
- Series: Chrestomanci core; position 1 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Notes
- From the series record (Chrestomanci): Listed in PUBLICATION order (1977-2006); internal chronology records the settled internal/story order instead (1. The Lives of Christopher Chant, 2. Conrad's Fate, 3. Charmed Life, 4. The Pinhoe Egg, 5. Witch Week, 6. The Magicians of Caprona), per HarperCollins' own 'Chronicles of Chrestomanci' recommended-reading-order reissues -- left null for Mixed Magics, a 4-story collection whose individual stories span multiple points in the internal timeline rather than occupying one slot. This is the first universe in this canon to actually populate `internal chronology` for a publication-vs-internal divergence (distinct from other cases in this canon with a genuinely *disputed* chronology -- here the order is well-documented and author-sanctioned, not contested) -- a usable precedent for Valdemar's own still-open equivalent.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Chrestomanci: position 1 of 7: next The Magicians of Caprona (1980)
- Internal chronology, within Chrestomanci: position 3 of 6: previous Conrad's Fate (2005) · next The Pinhoe Egg (2006)
Sources
← Chrestomanci dossier · All universes
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