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Title: A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys
Alternate Title: Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
Note: Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Contents: The Gorgon's head -- The golden touch -- The paradise of children -- The three golden apples -- The miraculous pitcher -- The Chimaera.
Credits: E-text prepared by David Edwards, Linda Cantoni, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http: //www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http: //www.archive.org)
Summary: "A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a collection of children's stories written in the mid-19th century. The book is designed to retell classical myths in a way that is accessible and engaging for children, using imaginative language and creative twists on the original tales. In its opening portion, children gather at Tanglewood for a nutting expedition, where a character named Eustace Bright promises to entertain them with wondrous stories, setting the stage for a series of imaginative adventures. At the start of the book, the scene is set beneath the porch of Tanglewood, where a lively group of children eagerly awaits the sun to dispel the morning mist. They are accompanied by Eustace Bright, a young man known for his storytelling prowess. As the children implore him to share a tale, he decides to tell them the story of "The Gorgon's Head," where the heroic Perseus embarks on a quest to slay the Gorgon Medusa, aided by a magical stranger named Quicksilver. This opening establishes a whimsical tone, hinting at the blend of adventure and moral lessons that will unfold through Hawthorne's adaptation of these timeless myths. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
Illustrator: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
EBook No.: 32242
Published: May 3, 2010
Downloads: 331
Language: English
Subject: Mythology, Greek
Subject: Mythology, Greek -- Juvenile literature
LoCC: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
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Title: A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys
Alternate Title: Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
Note: Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Contents: The Gorgon's head -- The golden touch -- The paradise of children -- The three golden apples -- The miraculous pitcher -- The Chimaera.
Credits: E-text prepared by David Edwards, Linda Cantoni, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http: //www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http: //www.archive.org)
Summary: "A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a collection of children's stories written in the mid-19th century. The book is designed to retell classical myths in a way that is accessible and engaging for children, using imaginative language and creative twists on the original tales. In its opening portion, children gather at Tanglewood for a nutting expedition, where a character named Eustace Bright promises to entertain them with wondrous stories, setting the stage for a series of imaginative adventures. At the start of the book, the scene is set beneath the porch of Tanglewood, where a lively group of children eagerly awaits the sun to dispel the morning mist. They are accompanied by Eustace Bright, a young man known for his storytelling prowess. As the children implore him to share a tale, he decides to tell them the story of "The Gorgon's Head," where the heroic Perseus embarks on a quest to slay the Gorgon Medusa, aided by a magical stranger named Quicksilver. This opening establishes a whimsical tone, hinting at the blend of adventure and moral lessons that will unfold through Hawthorne's adaptation of these timeless myths. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
Illustrator: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
EBook No.: 32242
Published: May 3, 2010
Downloads: 331
Language: English
Subject: Mythology, Greek
Subject: Mythology, Greek -- Juvenile literature
LoCC: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.