Inkheart book cover
Inkheart is the very first volume of the Inkworld trilogy, written by Cornelia Funke then published by Dressler Verlag on 2003 in Germany as "Tinterhertz", and by Chicken House on 2003 with english translation in United Kingdom as Inkheart.
Both book and motion picture were released under it's english name, "Inkheart".
Dedication[]
"For Anna, who even put The Lord of the Rings aside
for a while to read this book.
Could anyone ask more of a daughter?
And for Elinor, who lent me her name,
although I didn't use it for an elf queen.
Cornelia dedicated her book for two females, for Anna, her daughter, and for Elinor.
Book Description[]
"One cruel night,Meggie's father reads aloud from
Inkheart, and an evil ruler named Capricorn escapes
the boundaries of the book, landing in their living
room. Suddenly, Meggie in the middle of the kind of
adventure she thought only took place in fairy tales.
Somehow she must master the magic that has conjured
up this nightmare. Can she change the course of the story that has changed her life forever?"
Book Chapters[]
- A Stranger in the Night
- Secrets
- Going South
- A House Full of Books
- Only a Picture
- Fire and Stars
- What the Night Hides
- Alone
- A Poor Exchange
- The Lion's Den
- A Coward
- Going Farther South
- Capricorn's Village
- A Mission Accomplished
- Good Luck and Bad Luck
- Once Upon a Time
- The Betrayer Betrayed
- Treasure Island
- Gloomy Prospects
- Snakes and Thorns
- Basta
- In Safety
- A Night Full of Words
- Fenoglio
- The Wrong Ending
- Shivers Down the Spine and a Foreboding
- A Good Place to Stay
- Going Home
- Only an Idea
- Talkative Pippo
- In the Hills
- Back Again
- Capricorn's Maid
- Capricorn's Secrets
- Different Aims
- In Capricorn's House
- Carelessness
- A Quiet Voice
- The Punishment for Traitors
- The Black Horse of the Night
- Farid
- A Furry Face on the Windowsill
- A Dark Place
- Farids Report
- Telling Lies to Basta
- Woken in the Dead of Night
- Alone
- The Magpie
- Bastas Pride and Dustfinger's Cunning
- No Luck for Elinor
- A Narrow Escape
- A Fragile Little Thing
- The Right Words
- Fire
- Treachery, Loose Talk, and Stupidity
- The Shadow
- A Deserted Village
- Homesickness
- Going Home
Characters[]
- Meggie Folchart
- Mortimer Folchart
- Resa Folchart
- Elinor Loredan
- Darius
- Fenoglio
- Pippo
- Paula
- Rico
- Dustfinger
- Farid
- Gwin
- Capricorn
- Basta
- Flatnose
- Cockerell
- Fulvio
- Mortola the Magpie
- The Shadow
Deaths[]
- Capricorn by The Shadow
- Flatnose by The Shadow
- Cockerell by The Shadow
- Capricorn's men by The Shadow
The Shadow had summoned by Silvertongue and Meggie so that it's not clear who really killed them, if The Shadow really is, or the summoner.
Cornelia Funke's Inkheart Trilogy[]
- Inkheart
- Inkheart (film)
- Inkspell
- Inkdeath
Funke's Other Books[]
- Dragon Raider
- Igraine the Brave
- The Thief Lord