Project Gutenberg 2007-05-05 Public domain in the USA. 108 Kendall, May 1861 Kendall, Emma Goldworth Lang, Andrew 1844 1912 Lang, Walter Andrew 'That Very Mab' Reading ease score: 69.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. David Widger "That Very Mab" by May Kendall and Andrew Lang is a fantasy novel written in the late 19th century. The story introduces Queen Mab, a fairy who transcends time and space, juxtaposing her whimsical existence against the backdrop of societal changes and moral dilemmas in both Polynesia and England. Throughout the narrative, Mab's innocence is highlighted as she grapples with the complexities of modern civilization, brimming with a blend of fairy tale elements and satirical commentary on contemporary life. The opening of the novel establishes a rich, enchanting scene as Queen Mab is portrayed on a magical journey from her home in the Sacred Island to the shores of Samoa, where she experiences the joy of fairy revelry. However, her amusement is short-lived; the arrival of missionaries disrupts the idyllic landscape, leading her to leave for England, representing a world vastly changed and burdened by modernity. Once she arrives in Britain, the contrast becomes stark as she observes the disillusionment and loss of innocence prevalent within human society. Her interactions with various characters, including a professor and a child, set the stage for her bewildering immersion into the complexities of humanity, revealing both the beauty and the often-sad realities of the world she left behind, and thus foreshadowing her ongoing struggle to reconcile her fairy nature with the harshness of modern life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Satire England -- Fiction Fairies -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 211348 211393 2024-10-09T09:56:48.139850 2023-09-09T11:31:39.924965 text/html text/html 212755 2022-01-07T13:37:27 text/html 166575 2024-10-09T09:56:54.718807 application/epub+zip 165918 2024-10-09T09:56:50.973086 application/epub+zip 159719 2024-10-09T09:56:49.770840 application/epub+zip 291235 2024-10-09T09:56:57.573956 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278102 2024-10-09T09:56:54.006824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251901 2022-09-10T06:55:04.812778 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197610 197616 2024-10-09T09:56:47.433833 2023-09-09T11:31:39.549992 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 197408 2022-01-07T13:37:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20660 2024-10-09T09:56:57.709775 application/rdf+xml 13091 2024-10-09T09:56:50.318834 image/jpeg 3431 2024-10-09T09:56:50.042845 image/jpeg 78072 2022-01-07T13:38:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 80466 2022-01-07T13:39:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 150172 2024-10-09T09:56:48.159823 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia