The Voyage of QV66

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name = The Voyage of QV66
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author = Penelope Lively
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Children's novel
publisher = Heinemann
release_date = 1978
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 192 pp
isbn = ISBN 0434948985
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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 around 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.