Interspersed with the story are vignettes of the strange Cirque de Reves in which all things are black or white or grey, and which is only open at night. All the children know is that they are being ruthlessly trained in order to compete against their unknown rival in a magical competition. Later, the man in grey removes a promising nine year-old boy from an orphanage, whom he eventually also binds by a ring. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is a beautiful, magical, dreamlike book that tells the story of the Cirque de Reves, the Circus of Dreams, and the two star-crossed lovers who are bound together to compete in a game for which they don’t know the rules.Īt six years old, Celia Bowen, daughter of Prospero the Enchanter (AKA Hector Bowen), is introduced by her father to the mysterious man in a grey suit who places a ring on her finger that sinks into her flesh and leaves a scar.
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