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The Phantom Tollbooth | Study Guide

Norton Juster

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Overview

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Author

Norton Juster

Year Published

1961

Type

Children's Book

Genre

Allegory, Fantasy

Perspective and Narrator

The Phantom Tollbooth is written from the perspective of a third-person omniscient narrator.

Tense

The Phantom Tollbooth is told in the past tense.

About the Title

The title, The Phantom Tollbooth, represents the entrance to the magical adventure described in the novel. Milo, the protagonist, drives his toy car through the tollbooth and into the Lands Beyond.

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