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

A wonder book for girls & boys

  • 3.9 (7 ratings) ·
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  • 4 Currently reading
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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 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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Houghton, Mifflin
Language
English
Pages
210

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2020, Independently Published
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2020, Independently Published
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2018-10-13, LibriVox
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2017-07-28, Project Gutenberg
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May 24, 2016, Palala Press
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May 28, 2013, Barnes & Noble, imusti
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2010-05-03, Project Gutenberg
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September 1, 2007, Wildside Press
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September 1, 2007, Wildside Press
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June 1, 2006, Aegypan
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September 30, 2006, Book Jungle
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2003, Dover Publications
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September 2003, Panamericana Editorial
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July 5, 2001, Oxford University Press, USA
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January 1999, Reprint Services Corp
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A Wonder Book for Boys & Girls
October 1999, Tandem Library
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1998, Panamericana Editorial
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June 15, 1998, Tor Classics
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Le Premier Livre des merveilles
March 31, 1996, Pocket Jeunesse
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1996, Oxford University Press
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1995, Morang
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1994, Everyman's Library Children's Classics
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1994, David Campbell
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A wonder book for girls and boys
1994, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
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August 1987, White Rose Press
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1981, Sharon
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1968, Magnum Easy Eye Books
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June 1967, Putnam Publishing Group, Grosset & Dunlap
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1967, Grosset & Dunlap
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June 1, 1966, Airmont Publishing
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1965, Dutton
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1947, Watergate Classics
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1883, The Copp Clark Company, Limited
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A wonder-book for girls and boys
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Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
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A WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
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A wonder book
Publish date unknown, J.M. Dent & Sons, E.P. Dutton & Co.
in English
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A wonder-book for girls and boys
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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 Chimaera.

Edition Notes

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Published in
Boston
Genre
Juvenile literature.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
292/.2/11
Library of Congress
PZ8.1.H318 W12

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 210 p., [19] leaves of plates :
Number of pages
210

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5230434M
Internet Archive
awonderbookforg01unkngoog
LCCN
75300414
Library Thing
69815

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