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The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster, with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, first published in 1961. The story follows a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth that transports him to the once prosperous, but now troubled, Kingdom of Wisdom. Along with a dog named Tock and the Humbug, Milo goes on a quest to the Castle in the Air seeking the kingdom's two exiled princesses, named Rhyme and Reason. As Milo learns valuable lessons, he finds a love of learning in a story full of puns and wordplay, such as exploring the literal meanings of idioms.

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  • The Phantom Tollbooth (conocida como La cabina mágica en castellano o La caseta mágica en español estadounidense) es una novela escrita en 1961 por Norton Juster e ilustrada por Jules Feiffer. Su primera edición fue publicada en 1988. La historia sigue a un niño aburrido llamado Milo que inesperadamente recibe una cabina mágica que lo transporta al que alguna vez fue próspero, pero ahora atribulado, Reino de la Sabiduría. Junto con un perro llamado Tock, Milo emprende una misión al Castillo en el Aire en busca de las dos princesas exiliadas del reino, llamadas Rhyme y Reason. A medida que Milo aprende lecciones valiosas, encuentra el amor por el aprendizaje en una historia llena de juegos de palabras y como explorar los significados literales de los modismos. En 1958, Juster había recibido una subvención de la Fundación Ford para un libro infantil sobre ciudades. Incapaz de avanzar en ese proyecto, se dedicó a escribir lo que se convirtió en The Phantom Tollbooth, su primer libro. Su compañero de piso, Feiffer, un dibujante, se interesó por el proyecto. Jason Epstein, editor de Random House, compró el libro y lo publicó. El libro recibió críticas muy favorables y ha vendido más de tres millones de copias, mucho más de lo esperado. Ha sido adaptado a una , ópera y obra de teatro, y traducido a muchos idiomas. Aunque el libro es a primera vista una historia de aventuras, un tema principal es la necesidad de amar la educación; a través de esto, Milo aplica lo aprendido en la escuela, avanza en su desarrollo personal y aprende a amar la vida que antes lo aburría. Los críticos han comparado su llamamiento a la de los libros Las aventuras de Alicia en el país de las maravillas de Lewis Carroll y El maravilloso mago de Oz de Lyman Frank Baum. Además, Maurice Sendak, en su introducción "Una apreciación" incluida en las ediciones del libro desde 1996, cita a un crítico que compara con El progreso del peregrino de John Bunyan: "Como El progreso del peregrino se ocupa del despertar del espíritu perezoso, The Phantom Tollbooth se ocupa del despertar de la mente perezosa". (es)
  • The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster, with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, first published in 1961. The story follows a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth that transports him to the once prosperous, but now troubled, Kingdom of Wisdom. Along with a dog named Tock and the Humbug, Milo goes on a quest to the Castle in the Air seeking the kingdom's two exiled princesses, named Rhyme and Reason. As Milo learns valuable lessons, he finds a love of learning in a story full of puns and wordplay, such as exploring the literal meanings of idioms. In 1958, Juster had received a Ford Foundation grant for a children's book about cities. Unable to make progress on that project, he turned to writing what became The Phantom Tollbooth, his first book. His housemate, Feiffer, a cartoonist, interested himself in the project. Jason Epstein, an editor at Random House, bought the book and published it. The Phantom Tollbooth received rave reviews and has sold in excess of three million copies, far more than expected. It has been adapted into a film, opera, and play, and translated into many languages. Though the book is on its face an adventure story, a major theme is the need for a love of education; through this, Milo applies what he has learned in school, advances in his personal development, and learns to love the life that previously bored him. Critics have compared its appeal to that of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and to L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Additionally Maurice Sendak, in his introductory "An Appreciation" included in editions of the book since 1996, quotes a critic as comparing The Phantom Tollbooth to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress: "As Pilgrim’s Progress is concerned with the awakening of the sluggardly spirit, The Phantom Tollbooth is concerned with the awakening of the lazy mind." (en)
  • Milos fantastika tullhus (originaltitel: The Phantom Tollbooth) är en bok av författaren Norton Juster, som illustrerades av Jules Feiffer. Det är en fantasyroman som har barn och ungdomar som målgrupp, och den publicerades 1961 av förlaget Random House. Boken mottog stora framgångar i USA och filmatiserades år 1970. I handlingens centrum står Milo, en uttråkad pojke som längtar efter äventyr. En helt vanlig eftermiddag verkar hans dröm gå i uppfyllelse, då en vägtull utan vidare dyker upp i hans sovrum. Eftersom han inte har något bättre för sig, så kör han igenom tullen med sin leksaksbil. Vägtullen för honom till The Kingdom of Wisdom. Där träffar han nya vänner och får uppleva spännande äventyr. Det största äventyret går ut på att Milo ska rädda två prinsessor, Rhyme och Reason. Författaren Norton Juster har påstått att hans pappa gillade filmer med Bröderna Marx, och att dessa filmer influerade honom då han skrev boken. Även idiom ska ha influerat honom. Boken blev något av en klassiker nästan direkt. Kritiker jämför den ofta med Alice i Underlandet av Lewis Carroll. Bortsett från originalspråket (engelska) så har boken också översatts till ett flertal andra språk. Boken publicerades i svensk översättning år 1967, men några nya upplagor har det inte dykt upp sen dess. Dock går det att få tag i importerade utgåvor i Sverige. (sv)
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  • Cover illustration of Milo and Tock. (en)
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  • "BOSH!" replied the Humbug. "We're an old and noble family, honorable to the core—Insecticus humbugium, if I may use the Latin. Why, we fought in the crusades with Richard the Lion Heart, crossed the Atlantic with Columbus, blazed trails with the pioneers, and today many members of the family hold important government positions throughout the world. History is full of Humbugs." (en)
  • And, in the very room in which he sat, there were books that could take you anywhere, and things to invent, and make, and build, and break, and all the puzzle and excitement of everything he didn't know—music to play, songs to sing, and worlds to imagine and then someday make real. His thoughts darted eagerly about as everything looked new—and worth trying. (en)
  • "Oh dear, all those words again," thought Milo as he climbed into the wagon with Tock and the cabinet members. "How are you going to make it move? It doesn't have a—" (en)
  • "I suppose so," replied Milo, for he had never really thought about the matter. (en)
  • "Be very quiet," advised the duke, "for it goes without saying." (en)
  • Milo continued to think of all sorts of things; of the many detours and wrong turns that were so easy to take, of how fine it was to be moving and, most of all, of how much could be accomplished with just a little thought. (en)
  • And, sure enough, as soon as they were all quite still, it began to move through the streets, and in a very short time they arrived at the royal palace. (en)
  • "What a silly system." The boy laughed. "Then your head keeps changing its height and you always see things in a different way? Why, when you're fifteen things won't look at all the way they did when you were ten, and at twenty everything will change again." (en)
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  • The Phantom Tollbooth (conocida como La cabina mágica en castellano o La caseta mágica en español estadounidense) es una novela escrita en 1961 por Norton Juster e ilustrada por Jules Feiffer. Su primera edición fue publicada en 1988. La historia sigue a un niño aburrido llamado Milo que inesperadamente recibe una cabina mágica que lo transporta al que alguna vez fue próspero, pero ahora atribulado, Reino de la Sabiduría. Junto con un perro llamado Tock, Milo emprende una misión al Castillo en el Aire en busca de las dos princesas exiliadas del reino, llamadas Rhyme y Reason. A medida que Milo aprende lecciones valiosas, encuentra el amor por el aprendizaje en una historia llena de juegos de palabras y como explorar los significados literales de los modismos. (es)
  • The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster, with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, first published in 1961. The story follows a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth that transports him to the once prosperous, but now troubled, Kingdom of Wisdom. Along with a dog named Tock and the Humbug, Milo goes on a quest to the Castle in the Air seeking the kingdom's two exiled princesses, named Rhyme and Reason. As Milo learns valuable lessons, he finds a love of learning in a story full of puns and wordplay, such as exploring the literal meanings of idioms. (en)
  • Milos fantastika tullhus (originaltitel: The Phantom Tollbooth) är en bok av författaren Norton Juster, som illustrerades av Jules Feiffer. Det är en fantasyroman som har barn och ungdomar som målgrupp, och den publicerades 1961 av förlaget Random House. Boken mottog stora framgångar i USA och filmatiserades år 1970. Bortsett från originalspråket (engelska) så har boken också översatts till ett flertal andra språk. Boken publicerades i svensk översättning år 1967, men några nya upplagor har det inte dykt upp sen dess. Dock går det att få tag i importerade utgåvor i Sverige. (sv)
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