[DeepL Translation - needs review] Volume 1 Introduction: Eighteen-year-old Sophie, who lives in a land where magic really exists, is cursed by the "Witch of the Waste Land" and transformed into an old woman. Sophie leaves home and takes up residence as a cleaning lady in the infamous wizard Howl's moving castle, where she becomes friends with the fire demon who lives in the fireplace. Sophie soon learns that Howl is also being hunted by the Witch of the Waste...? A masterpiece by Diana Wynn...
