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Eragon
Sign in to saveEragon is the first book in The Inheritance Cycle by American fantasy writer Christopher Paolini. Paolini, born in 1983, began writing the novel after graduating from home school at the age of fifteen. After writing the first draft for a year, Paolini spent a second year rewriting and fleshing out the story and characters. His parents saw the final manuscript and in 2001 decided to self-publish Eragon; Paolini spent a year traveling around the United States promoting the novel. The book was discovered by novelist Carl Hiaasen, who brought it to the attention of Alfred A. Knopf. The re-publishe
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- Author
- Christopher Paolini
- First published
- 2000
- Editions
- 88
- Subjects
- Fantasy, Juvenile fiction, Dragons, Magic, Fiction, violence, dwarves, humans
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Eragon
- Book.image
- Christopher Paolini, Eragon 1.jpg
- Book.alt
- Head and neck of a dragon. She has spikes on her scaly curved neck and antler-like projections over her eyes. Also a light teal color.
- Book.image_size
- 200px
- Book.caption
- Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe edition cover by John Jude Palencar, featuring the blue dragon Saphira
- Book.author
- Christopher Paolini
- Book.illustrator
- John Jude Palencar
- Book.cover_artist
- John Jude Palencar
- Book.country
- United States
- Book.language
- English
- Book.series
- The Inheritance Cycle
- Book.genre
- Young adultFantasyDystopianBildungsroman
- Book.publisher
- Paolini LLC (first edition), Alfred A. Knopf
- Book.release_date
- 2002 (first edition), August 26, 2003 (Knopf)
- Book.media_type
- Print (hardback & paperback) and audio-CD
- Book.pages
- 509 (Knopf)544 (Paolini LLC)
- Book.isbn
- 0-375-82668-8
- Book.isbn_note
- (First Knopf edition) (Paolini LLC)
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- Background
- Origins and publication
- Inspiration and influences
- Plot summary
- Reception
- Adaptations
- Film
- Television series
- Video game
- References
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Eragon is the first book in The Inheritance Cycle by American fantasy writer Christopher Paolini. Paolini, born in 1983, began writing the novel after graduating from home school at the age of fifteen. After writing the first draft for a year, Paolini spent a second year rewriting and fleshing out the story and characters. His parents saw the final manuscript and in 2001 decided to self-publish Eragon; Paolini spent a year traveling around the United States promoting the novel. The book was discovered by novelist Carl Hiaasen, who brought it to the attention of Alfred A. Knopf. The re-published version was released on August 26, 2003.
The book tells the story of a farm boy named Eragon, who finds a mysterious stone in the mountains. The stone is revealed to be an egg, and a dragon named Saphira hatches from it. When the evil King Galbatorix finds out about the egg, he sends monstrous servants to acquire it , called the Raz’ac, forcing Eragon and Saphira to flee with a storyteller named Brom, who teaches them the ways of the Dragon Riders.