TY - BOOK AU - Selznick,Brian TI - The Marvels SN - 9780545448680 (hard cover : alk. paper) AV - PZ7.S4654 Mar 2015 U1 - JF SEL PB - JF SEL KW - Families KW - England KW - London KW - History KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Actors KW - Theater KW - Adventure stories KW - Family life KW - Fiction KW - Actors and actresses KW - Adventure and adventurers KW - Theaters KW - London (England) KW - Great Britain KW - Adventure fiction KW - gsafd N1 - Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text N2 - In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences ER -