An edition of A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys (1851)

A wonder book

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An edition of A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys (1851)

A wonder book

  • 3.9 (7 ratings) ·
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  • 4 Currently reading
  • 7 Have read

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 A Wonder Book between April and July 1851, adapting six legends most freely from Charles Anton’s A Classical Dictionary (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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English
Pages
206

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Cover of: A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
2018-10-13, LibriVox
in English
Cover of: Cuando la tierra era niña
Cuando la tierra era niña
2017-07-28, Project Gutenberg
in Spanish
Cover of: A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
2015-09-12, LibriVox
in English
Cover of: A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys
A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys
2010-05-03, Project Gutenberg
in English
Cover of: Cuando la Tierra Era Nina
Cuando la Tierra Era Nina
September 2003, Panamericana Editorial
Hardcover in Spanish
Cover of: Le Premier Livre des merveilles
Le Premier Livre des merveilles
March 31, 1996, Pocket Jeunesse
Mass Market Paperback
Cover of: A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
1936, Rand McNally & Company
in English
Cover of: A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
1893, Houghton, Mifflin & Company
in English
Cover of: A Wonder Book
A Wonder Book
1883, Copp Clark Company Limited
in English
Cover of: A wonder book
A wonder book
1851, Garden City publishing co., inc.
in English
Cover of: The Wonder Book
The Wonder Book
1851, H.M. Caldwell Co., Publishers
in English

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Table of Contents

The gorgon's head.
The golden touch.
The paradise of children.
The three golden apples.
The miraculous pitcher.
The chimæra.

Edition Notes

Published in
Garden City, N.Y

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 206 p. :
Number of pages
206

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL14048597M
Internet Archive
wonderbook00hawtiala
OCLC/WorldCat
11933817

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September 30, 2024 Edited by MARC Bot fix TOC
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