A los nueve años el huérfano Oliver Twist ya sabe lo que es pasar hambre, sufrir malos tratos y trabajar de sol a sol en una fábrica. Un buen día decide fugarse a Londres con la esperanza de iniciar una vida más fácil. La gran ciudad, sin embargo, es una trampa llena de peligros.
Two hundred years ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of Children’s and Household Tales. Now, at a veritable fairy-tale moment—witness the popular television shows Grimm and Once Upon a Time and this year’s two movie adaptations of “Snow White”—Philip Pullman, one of the most popular authors of our time, makes us fall in love all over again with the immortal tales of the Brothers Grimm. From much-loved stories like “Cinderella” and “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Rapunzel” and “Hansel and Gretel” to lesser-known treasures like “Briar-Rose,” “Thousandfurs,” and “The Girl with No Hands,” Pullman retells his fifty favorites, paying homage to the tales that inspired his unique creative vision—and that continue to cast their spell on the Western imagination.
The book offers a unique historical perspective on London's sanitation systems, providing valuable insights into urban life and hygiene practices of the past. Its preservation as a modern edition ensures that the text remains accessible and readable, free from the limitations of scanned copies. This work is significant for those interested in history, particularly regarding public health and infrastructure in the Eastern Hemisphere. The effort to reformat and redesign it highlights its importance for both contemporary and future readers.
The Artist as Social Critic in Prints and Drawings from the Fifteenth Century to Picasso
The Tooth-Ache, Imagined by Horace Mayhew, and Realized by George Cruikshank. Rear panel priced "1/6 Plain, 3/-Colored" and this being the colored 24 panel, fan-page edition. Description: small, 24mo format, heavy tan paper boards. One of 5,000 Facsimile copies of Horace Mayhew's uncommon 1849 1st edition, (43 panels).