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[[Image:Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
{{dablink|This article is about the book. For the character, see [[Eragon (character)]]. For media and other uses, see [[Eragon (disambiguation)]]}}
[[Image:Jean-Baptiste_Carpeaux_La_Danse.jpg|thumb|right|400px|La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris]]
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| name = Eragon
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| image = [[Image:Eragon.jpg|200px]]
| image_caption = First edition cover
| author = [[Christopher Paolini]]
| illustrator = [[John Jude Palencar]]
| cover_artist = [[John Jude Palencar]]
| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| series =
| genre = [[High fantasy]]
| publisher = [[Alfred A. Knopf]]
| release_date = [[August 26]] [[2003]]
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| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]] and [[Paperback]]) and [[Compact disc|audio-CD]]
| pages = 244 pp (first edition, hardback)
| isbn = ISBN 0-375-82668-8 (first edition, hardback)
| followed_by = [[Eldest]], [[Book 3 (Inheritance trilogy)|Book III]]


'''Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux''' ([[May 11]], [[1827]], [[Valenciennes]] –[[October 12]], [[1875]], [[Courbevoie]]) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under [[François Rude]]. Carpeaux won the [[Prix de Rome]] in [[1854]], and moving to [[Rome]] to find inspiration, he there studied the works of [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]], [[Donatello]] and [[Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]]. Staying in Rome from [[1854]] to [[1861]], he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of [[baroque art]]. In [[1861]] he made a bust of [[Mathilde Bonaparte|Princess Mathilde]], and this later brought him several commissions from [[Napoleon III]]. He worked at the pavilion of [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]], and the [[Opéra Garnier]]. His group La Danse (the Dance, [[1869]]), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.
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'''''Eragon''''' is a novel written by [[Christopher Paolini]]. It is the first book of the ''[[Inheritance Trilogy]]''. The sequel is ''[[Eldest]]'', which was released in mid-2005. The [[Book 3 (Inheritance Trilogy)|third book]] has not yet been published and the title has not yet been confirmed. ''Eragon'' is set in the land of [[Alagaësia]] and is a story about a farm boy named [[Eragon (character)|Eragon]] and his [[Dragon (Inheritance)|dragon]], Saphira. The book has been adapted into a [[movie]], which was released on [[December 15]] [[2006]] in various countries. In North America, the DVD was released on [[March 20]] [[2007]].


He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of [[Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America|America]] and [[Africa]], and it was [[Emmanuel Frémiet]] who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.
== Background and publication history==
After recieving his high school diploma at the age of fifteen, the [[homeschooling|home schooled]] Paolini started planning a novel which he would enjoy reading himself. After a month of planning out the trilogy, he started writing the first draft of ''Eragon'', initially by hand, but after writing the first sixty pages he continued writing it on a computer. After a year of writing, Paolini finished writing the first draft of ''Eragon'' and commenced writing a second draft.


== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
Paolini never intended that the novel be published. However, after finishing re-drafting the story he gave it to his parents, who decided to [[self-publishing|self-publish]] it. A further year was spent proof-reading and editing the novel, in addition to creating a cover and map of Alagaësia (both the first cover and the map were drawn by Paolini himself).


* Ugolin et ses fils - [[Ugolino della Gherardesca|Ugolino]] and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]])[[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000009025.html]] with versions in other museums including the [[Musée d'Orsay]]
The following year was spent promoting the novel, touring across the USA. Paolini and his family gave over 135 talks at bookshops, libraries and schools. Many of these events were done with Paolini wearing a " medieval costume of red shirt, billowy black pants, lace-up boots, and a jaunty black cap". In summer 2002 the author [[Carl Hiaasen]] brought the attention of ''Eragon'' to his publisher [[Alfred A. Knopf]] after his stepson read a copy of the self-published novel. Knopf went on to acquire the rights to the entire trilogy. The novel was once again edited, and a new cover was drawn by [[John Jude Palencar]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alagaesia.com/christopherpaolini.htm|title=Official website |accessdate=2007-05-26 |format= |work= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bordersstores.com/walden/feature.jsp?file=paoliniw|title=Waldenbooks feature |accessdate=2007-05-26 |format=Interview |work= }}</ref>
* The Dance (commissioned for the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]])
Many of his ideas have been blatently copied from other authors.
* Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - [[Naples|Neapolitan]] Fisherboy - in the [[Louvre]], [[Paris]] [[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000034255.html]]
* Girl with Shell
* [[Antoine Watteau]] monument, [[Valenciennes]]


==Neapolitan Fisherboy==
== Plot summary ==
Eragon, a <!--ERAGON'S AGE IN THE BOOK IS 15, NOT 17! DO NOT CHANGE THE AGE FROM 15!--> 15 year-old boy, lives with his uncle Garrow and cousin Roran on a farm on the outskirts of a small village, [[Carvahall]]. While hunting in The Spine, a large range of mountains running down the West side of [[Alagaësia]], which is believed to have mysterious happenings, Eragon is surprised to see a polished blue stone appear in front of him. After failing to sell or trade the stone, Eragon witnesses a baby dragon hatch from the "stone," which was in reality a dragon egg. He questions [[Brom_%28Inheritance%29|Brom]] - the elderly town storyteller - about the Dragons and the history and ways of the [[Dragon Riders]]. After this talk, Eragon names the dragon [[Saphira]] after hearing Brom mention the dragon's name. He raises the dragon in secret until two of [[King Galbatorix]]'s servants, the [[Ra'zac]], come to [[Carvahall]] looking for the egg. Eragon and Saphira manage to escape by hiding in the forest, but Eragon's uncle Garrow is fatally wounded and the house and farm are destroyed. Once Garrow dies, Eragon is left with no reason to stay in Carvahall, so he goes after the Ra'zac, seeking vengeance for the destruction of his home and his uncle's death. He is accompanied by Brom, who insists on helping them.


Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of ''Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille'', the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the [[French Academy]] while a student in [[Rome]]. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for [[Napoleon III]]'s empress, [[Eugénie de Montijo|Eugènie]]. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington D.C.]]
Eragon becomes a Dragon Rider through his bond with Saphira. On the journey, Eragon learns sword fighting, magic, and the ways of the Dragon Riders from Brom, who is a former Rider whose dragon had been slain. Eragon does not know this yet. They travel through several cities, and Eragon is shocked by the way that the Empire is harming the land and its people. Finally, after obtaining information in the town of [[Teirm]], Brom, Eragon, and Jeod (Brom's old friend) conclude that the Ra'zac reside in the city of [[Dras-Leona]]. There, the Ra’zac lure Eragon, Saphira, and Brom into an ambush. Although a stranger, [[Murtagh]], rescues them, Brom is gravely injured and dies shortly after — but not before finally revealing to Eragon that he was a Dragon Rider, whose deceased dragon shared Saphira's name. Eragon also finds out that Saphira knew from the moment she met Brom, but didn't tell Eragon because Brom requested her not to.


Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
The new company Eragon, Murtagh, and Saphira travel in search of the hidden leagues of the [[Varden]], a strong rebel faction that Brom had mentioned on their journey. On the way, Eragon has dreams of a beautiful elf, all of which feature her suffering in a prison. While stopping near a city with an inhabitant that could potentially reveal the Varden's whereabouts, Eragon is captured and imprisoned in the same prison that holds the elf. Murtagh and Saphira stage a rescue and Eragon escapes with the unconscious elf. During the escape Eragon and Murtagh battle with a Shade, a body controlled by evil spirits. The fact that a [[Shade]] is walking freely in the land deeply disturbs Eragon and he suspects that Galbatorix is planning something terrible. The Shade is shot by an arrow from Murtagh, but is not completely killed. However, the three do not realize this until later.


Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to [[Naples]].
After escaping, Eragon, Saphira, Murtagh, and the elf go in search of the Varden. After the elf did not wake after a week, Eragon becomes increasingly concerned and tries to reach her using a form of telepathy. He finds out her name is Arya and that she has been afflicted with a rare poison. She tells Eragon she has put herself in a self-induced coma, to slow the poison, but tells him if they do not reach the Varden soon, she will die. She then tells Eragon how to find the Varden.


==External links==
Eragon and his party are pursued by an army of strong [[Urgals]], called Kull, as they travel to the Varden's fortress, hidden deep within the [[Beor Mountains]]. When they reach the [[Varden]], [[Arya]]'s condition is very serious. She is given the antidote just in time and recovers soon after. Meanwhile, Eragon learns of the pact between the dwarves, the elves, and the Varden and how it was that Saphira's egg was magically teleported to the Spine. The group is at last able to rest, although an invasion by the army of Urgals is imminent.


*[http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=rs_display_res&critere=jean+baptiste+carpeaux&operator=AND&nbToDisplay=5&langue=fr A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)]
When the battle finally begins, the Varden, and dwarves are pitted against an enormous army of Urgals, deployed by Durza and Galbatorix. During the battle, Eragon faces the Shade, Durza, whom he had recently encountered. Eragon receives a serious disfiguring wound on his back during the fight. Durza is about to capture Eragon and bring him before Galbatorix, when Saphira and Arya create a distraction, diverting the Shade's attention long enough for Eragon to stab him in the heart (the only way to kill a Shade). After the death of the Shade, the Urgals have a spell lifted from them, and begin to fight among themselves. This gives the Varden a chance to counter-attack. During the fight with the shade Eragon receives a major back wound, which causes him to pass out. During his unconsciousness a stranger contacts him through his mind and wants him to come to him for training in the land of the elves.
*[http://www.insecula.com/contact/A005511_oeuvre_1.html A page from insecula.com listing more views of Carpeaux's works (also in French;] it may be necessary to close an advertising window to view this page)

*[http://www.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations]
== List of characters ==
{{main|List of characters in the Inheritance Trilogy}}
*'''[[Ajihad]]:''' (Ah-zi-hod) Master swordsman, brilliant tactician, and leader of the [[Varden]]. He was the father of Nasuada and was a good example of a King in Alagaësia — the exact opposite of Galbatorix.

*'''[[Angela (Inheritance)|Angela]]:''' A powerful witch who supported the [[Varden]] and specialized in herb-based magic. She foretold Eragon's future in Teirm by using dragon knuckle bones. She remained in Teirm until she moved to the Varden to follow the commotion. She also had a werecat, Solembum, who helps Eragon on several occasions. She was loosely based on the author's sister.

*'''[[Arya Dröttningu]]:''' An elf who was the guardian of Saphiras' egg. She was imprisoned by [[Durza]] on behalf of King [[Galbatorix]]'s orders and Eragon rescued her. Eragon later falls in love with her.

*'''[[Brom (Inheritance)|Brom]]''': Eragon's mentor. Brom played what is possibly the most important role in Eragon's growth. Earlier in life, Brom was a Dragon Rider fighting against Galbatorix, but in Carvahall he disguised himself as a storyteller. Brom later gets killed by the Ra'zac during an ambush while protecting Eragon, leaving Eragon to face the world of reality. His Dragon was named Saphira too. She was killed by Morzan.

*'''[[Durza]]:''' A main [[antagonist]] in the book. He was a powerful Shade who controlled the Urgal army. He was killed by Eragon, with the help of Saphira and Arya, at [[Farthen Dûr]].

*''' [[Eragon (character)|Eragon]]:''' The main character in "Eragon" and a dragon rider. Son of Selena, but raised by his Uncle Garrow in a farmhouse near Carvahall in Palancar Valley with his cousin, Roran.

*'''[[Murtagh]]:''' Son of [[Morzan]], who was the first of the thirteen [[Forsworn]] (betrayers of the Dragon Riders). He became good friends with Eragon and traveled with him to the Varden's hidden stronghold.

*'''[[Saphira]]:''' Saphira is Eragon's blue dragon. She was the first dragon to hatch in a century. As an egg, she was kept in Galbatorix's possession until she was stolen by Brom and Jeod (Brom's friend and an agent for the varden) in accordance with the Varden, and was eventually transported to Eragon.
=== Unseen characters ===

*'''[[Galbatorix]]''': The primary [[antagonist]]. A corrupt emperor who ruled Alagaësia from the capital city Urû'baen with dark magic and his enslaved black dragon [[Shruikan]]. His most notable evil deed was killing all but the last three dragon eggs in Alagaësia, almost causing their race to go extinct.

*'''[[Morzan]]''': The first and the last [[Forsworn]]. He was also the father of Murtagh and Eragon as found in "Eldest". He was slain by Brom, who took Murtagh's inheritance, Zar'roc, a red, elven-made sword.

*'''[[Selena]]''': Eragon's mother. At birth she finally persauded Garrow to take in Eragon and left. Shortly afterwards Garrow got word that she was dead and it was true. Murtagh says that Selena returned home to him sick and died a few months afterwards.

== Reviews ==

The ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' stated that the novel, "for all its flaws, is an authentic work of great talent."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E1D81539F935A25752C1A9659C8B63 | title=CHILDREN'S BOOKS; The Egg and Him | author=Liz Rosenberg | work=New York Times Book Review}}</ref>

Eragon has been criticized for its derivative nature. The two most commonly discussed sources are ''[[Star Wars]]'' (due to a similar plot<ref name="Common">[http://www.commonsensemedia.org/reviews/review.php?show=overview&id=2219&type=Book Commonsense Media: Review of ''Eragon'']</ref>) and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (due to the setting, elven<ref name="USA">"[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-01-20-fantasy-films-main_x.htm More of the 'Rings' magic]", ''[[USA Today]]'' 1/20/2004</ref><ref name="EW">[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1142746_5_0_,00.html Books 2005: The 5 Worst]", ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''</ref> and dwarven races<ref name="USA" />, the language<ref name="USA" /> and character names). Many positive reviews note that the work pulls strongly from the conventions of fantasy, in character, dialog and concepts.<ref>[http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?z=y&pwb=1&ean=9780375826702 Barnes & Noble Editorial Reviews]</ref> ''School Library Journal''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s review of ''Eragon'' was positive, yet lukewarm, noting that ''Eragon'' is overly simplistic in its resolution of plot issues<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0375826688 ''School Library Journal'']</ref>.

''Common Sense Media'' called ''Eragon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s dialogue long-winded and clichéd, with a plot "straight out of ''Star Wars'' by way of ''The Lord of the Rings'', with bits of other great fantasies thrown in here and there." The website did concede that the book is a notable achievement for such a young author, and it would be appreciated by younger fans, but still labeled it "overblown and derivative."<ref name="Common" />

==Adaptations==
On [[December 15]] [[2006]], a [[Eragon (film)|film adaptation of Eragon]] was released. The movie, starring [[Edward Speelers]], [[Jeremy Irons]], and [[John Malkovich]], was produced by [[20th Century Fox]] and directed by first-timer [[Stefen Fangmeier]]. The screenplay was written by Peter Buchman. Principal photography for the film took place in [[Hungary]] and [[Slovakia]]. The film came in at #235 in the all time world wide box office chart <ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=eragon.htm Box Office Mojo information]</ref> but was met with rather dismal critical reviews, scoring only a 16% composite score on Rotten Tomatoes <ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eragon/ Rotten Tomatoes Score]</ref>. A DVD of the movie was released [[March 20]] [[2007]].

==Notes==
*ISBN 0-375-82668-8 ([[hardcover]], August 2003)
*ISBN 0-8072-1962-2 ([[compact audio cassette|audio cassette]], August 2003)
*ISBN 1-4000-9068-7 ([[compact disc]], February 2004)
*ISBN 0-9666213-3-6 February 2003

==References==
<div class="references-small"><references/></div>

==External links==
{{wikiquotepar|Eragon}}
* [http://www.alagaesia.com/ Official Inheritance Trilogy website]
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375890369 ''Eragon'' page], from [[Random House]]
* [http://inheritance.wikia.com/wiki/Eragon_%28book%29 ''Eragon'' page] at [http://inheritance.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Inheriwiki], the Inheritance Trilogy Wikia
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art
La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827, Valenciennes –October 12, 1875, Courbevoie) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under François Rude. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio. Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of baroque art. In 1861 he made a bust of Princess Mathilde, and this later brought him several commissions from Napoleon III. He worked at the pavilion of Flora, and the Opéra Garnier. His group La Danse (the Dance, 1869), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.

He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of Asia, Europe, America and Africa, and it was Emmanuel Frémiet who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.

Sculptures by Carpeaux

Neapolitan Fisherboy

Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille, the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the French Academy while a student in Rome. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for Napoleon III's empress, Eugènie. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.

Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to Naples.

External links

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