The Voyage of QV66

The Voyage of QV66

First edition
Author Penelope Lively
Illustrator Harold Jones
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Children's novel
Publisher Heinemann
Publication date
1978
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 192 pp
ISBN 0-434-94898-5

The Voyage of QV66 is a children's novel by Penelope Lively. It is set in a strange, flooded, somewhat post-apocalyptic England devoid of people, and centres on a group of animals consisting of a dog, a cat, a cow, a horse, a pigeon and a mysterious character named "Stanley".

Plot summary

The characters travel in a boat (the QV66 of the title) with the intention of reaching London Zoo so that they can discover what Stanley is. They have a number of adventures along the way, including being joined by a parrot, several characters losing their way in a balloon, and Stanley himself getting locked in a bank vault. It is eventually revealed that Stanley is a monkey.


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