A wonder book
(2013)
Fiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States]: Read Books Ltd., 2013
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781473384903 (electronic bk.) MWT11941536, 1473384907 (electronic bk.) 11941536
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys' is a book written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864), and is followed by the sequel, "Tanglewood Tales." It is a masterful re-writing of well-known Greek myths, bringing literary classics to children. The stories are all stories within a story; told by Eustace Bright, a college student from Massachusetts, telling the tales to a group of young listeners. It contains the myths of "The Gorgon's Head," "The Golden Touch," "The Paradise of Children," "The Three Golden Apples," "The Miraculous Pitcher," and "The Chimaera."
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