Chandresh is the individual who puppeteers the circus with a blindfold and earmuffs. The clockmaker Herr Friedrick Thiessen, twin sisters Tara and Lainie, the glamorous Ana Padva a retired prima ballerina but more importantly current friend of Chandresh Lefèvre. Readers meet a varied set of characters whose roles within and outside of the circus implicate different aspects of the mysterious plot. Within the first arch Morgenstern has enchanted readers into the magical construction of her midnight circus.
But Morgenstern hasn’t left the story as a bare bone gauntlet, in fact the challenge is often subliminal in favour of the mystery surrounding the circus and emerging romance that shifts the outcome of Hector and Alexander’s stringent bargain. While purposefully ambiguous in nature the game that is driving this story is quite simple, it begins as child’s play displays then grows towards becoming a life or death match between the two contestants Celia and Marco. Marco comes into the story from a different ilk, adopted by ‘the man in grey’ (also known as Alexander, although we never learn his true name) and taught magic by the illusive figure in order to take part in the mysterious game with Hector and Celia. Celia is the only child of the famous performer Prospero the Enchanter whose trade appears to be a high level of skill in the illusionary arts but is actually magic, a trait that he passes onto his daughter Celia. Taking place between the late 19th century and early 20th century the plot is centred on the charming yet melancholy story of Celia Bowen and Marco Alisdair.
A fantastic display of imagination used to its utmost degree, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is an adult fantasy novel that charmingly invites readers into the mystical tale of a midnight circus.
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