Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mythology, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mythology, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A Wonder-book for Girls and Boys
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
ISBN:
Category : Mythology, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
An Armenian folktale about two robbers courting the same girl.
The Paradise of Children
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
ISBN: 9789357381505
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Paradise of Children, has been considered important throughout human history. In an effort to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to secure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for both current and future generations. This complete book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not scans of the authors' original publications, the text is readable and clear.
A Wonder-book for Girls and Boys
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mythology, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Tanglewood Tales
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mythology, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The Gorgon's Head
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Perseus was the son of Danae, who was the daughter of a king. And when Perseus was a very little boy, some wicked people put his mother and himself into a chest, and set them afloat upon the sea. The wind blew freshly, and drove the chest away from the shore, and the uneasy billows tossed it up and down; while Danae clasped her child closely to her bosom, and dreaded that some big wave would dash its foamy crest over them both. The chest sailed on, however, and neither sank nor was upset; until, when night was coming, it floated so near an island that it got entangled in a fisherman's nets, and was drawn out high and dry upon the sand. The island was called Seriphus, and it was reigned over by King Polydectes, who happened to be the fisherman's brother.
The Three Golden Apples
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hercules (Roman mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781974252411
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1851) is a children's book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he retells several Greek myths. It was followed by a sequel, Tanglewood Tales. The stories in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys are all stories within a story, the frame story being that a Williams College student, Eustace Bright, is telling these tales to a group of children at Tanglewood, an area in Lenox, Massachusetts, where Hawthorne lived for a time. All the tales are modified from the original myths. "Midas' Daughter Turned to Gold" by Walter Crane, illustrating the Midas myth for an 1893 edition A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys covers the myths of The Gorgon's Head - recounts the story of Perseus killing Medusa at the request of the king of the island, Polydectes. The Golden Touch - recounts the story of King Midas and his "Golden Touch." The Paradise of Children - recounts the story of Pandora opening the box filled with all of mankind's Troubles. The Three Golden Apples - recounts the story of Heracles procuring the Three Golden Apples from the Hesperides' orchard, with the help of Atlas. The Miraculous Pitcher - recounts the story of Baucis and Philemon providing food and shelter to two strangers who were Zeus and "Quicksilver" (Hermes) in disguise. Baucis and Philemon were rewarded by the gods for their kindness; they were promised never to live apart from one another. The Chimaera - recounts the story of Bellerophon taming Pegasus and killing the Chimaera.
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys - Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys. A new, beautifully laid-out edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 classic collection of short stories. A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys is Hawthorne's re-writing of well-known Greek myths for children. Included in this volume