A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (Illustrated) by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (Illustrated) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781482038491)

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Format: Paperback
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A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (Illustrated) by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (Illustrated)

$7.95
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (Illustrated) by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (Illustrated)

$7.95
Format: Paperback
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Hawthorne's gentle, charming collection of classic myths retold for the children of his day is a neglected classic. Addressing the reader in personable Victorian fashion, his prose is clear and beautiful. But Hawthorne is also equal to the task of less genteel, more vigorous images. Adding to the pleasure of these retold tales is the gorgeous art of Arthur Rackham, both in black-and-white drawings and full-color plates, which captures the unearthly beauty and the unexpectedly surprising humor of Hawthorne's work. Highly recommended

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
ISBN-10: 1482038498
ISBN-13: 9781482038491
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/30/2014
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.29d
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and made his ambition to be a writer while still a teenager. He graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine, where the poet Longfellow was also a student, and spent several years travelling in New England and writing short stories before his best-known novel The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850. His writing was not at first financially rewarding and he worked as measurer and surveyor in the Boston and Salem Custom Houses. In 1853 he was sent to Liverpool as American consul and then lived in Italy before returning to the US in 1860, where he died in his sleep four years later.

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