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Everyman's Library Children's Classics: A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys

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  • 270 páginas
  • 10 horas de lectura

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Six legends of Greek mythology, retold for children by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Included are The Gorgon’s Head, The Golden Touch, The Paradise of Children, The Three Golden Apples, The Miraculous Pitcher, and The Chimaera. In 1838, Hawthorne suggested to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that they collaborate on a story for children based on the legend of the Pandora’s Box, but this never materialized. He wrote <b>A Wonder Book</b> between April and July 1851, adapting six legends most freely from Charles Anton’s <i>A Classical Dictionary</i> (1842). He set out deliberately to “modernize” the stories, freeing them from what he called “cold moonshine” and using a romantic, readable style that was criticized by adults but proved universally popular with children. With full-color illustrations throughout by Arthur Rackham.

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Everyman's Library Children's Classics: A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Publicado en
1994
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13,01 €

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Título
Everyman's Library Children's Classics: A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys
Idioma
Inglés
Publicado en
1994
Formato
Tapa dura
Páginas
270
ISBN10
067943643X
ISBN13
9780679436430
Serie
Descripción
Six legends of Greek mythology, retold for children by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Included are The Gorgon’s Head, The Golden Touch, The Paradise of Children, The Three Golden Apples, The Miraculous Pitcher, and The Chimaera. In 1838, Hawthorne suggested to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that they collaborate on a story for children based on the legend of the Pandora’s Box, but this never materialized. He wrote <b>A Wonder Book</b> between April and July 1851, adapting six legends most freely from Charles Anton’s <i>A Classical Dictionary</i> (1842). He set out deliberately to “modernize” the stories, freeing them from what he called “cold moonshine” and using a romantic, readable style that was criticized by adults but proved universally popular with children. With full-color illustrations throughout by Arthur Rackham.