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The Black Cauldron (novel)

The Black Cauldron
First edition cover
AuthorLloyd Alexander
Cover artistEvaline Ness
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Chronicles of Prydain
GenreFantasy
PublishedAugust 5, 1965 (Holt, Rinehart and Winston)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover & paperback)
Pages224
ISBN0-8050-0992-2 (first edition, hard)
OCLC302887
LC ClassPZ7.A3774 B1
Preceded byThe Book of Three 
Followed byThe Castle of Llyr 

The Black Cauldron (1965) is a high fantasy novel by American writer Lloyd Alexander, the second of five volumes in The Chronicles of Prydain. The story continues the adventures of Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper, as he joins in a quest to capture the eponymous Magical Cauldron from Arawn Death-Lord. It was a Newbery Honor book in 1966, runner-up for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".[1]

The book provided a title and many plot elements for the 1985 Disney animated feature The Black Cauldron.


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