Description
| Product ID: | 9781035017409 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Cautionary Tales |
| Authors: | Author: Hilaire Belloc |
| Page Count: | 144 |
| Subjects: | Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Classic fiction: general and literary, Humour collections and anthologies, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Humour collections & anthologies, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Short stories (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Written for children, enjoyed by grown-ups, Belloc’s hilarious and irreverent cautionary tales and poems have entertained for generations. <p><b>First published in 1907 and in print ever since, Hilaire Belloc’s <i>Cautionary Tales for Children</i> is a deliciously witty parody of the terribly serious moral tales for children, which were popular in Victorian times.</b><br><br>Terrifying and funny at the same time, and with a true sense of the absurd, Belloc brings us the renowned 'Jim, Who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a Lion' and unfortunate 'Rebecca, who slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably'.<br><br>As well as these stories and many more, this edition includes a selection of mischievous poems from <i>The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts</i> and <i>More Beasts for Worse Children</i>. This volume includes the original illustrations by Basil Temple Blackwood, known as B.T.B.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-02-15 |