Cautionary Tales

Name: Cautionary Tales
Brand: Hilaire Belloc
SKU: 9781035017409
Price: 9.07 GBP
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by Hilaire Belloc

Title:

Cautionary Tales

Author:

Hilaire Belloc

Series (if any):

Macmillan Collector's Library

Format:

Hardback

Number of pages:

144 pages

Publisher:

Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL

ISBN-13:

9781035017409

EAN:

9781035017409

Classifications:

Anthologies (non-poetry)

Weight (g):

276

Dimensions (mm):

99 x 167 x 17

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£9.07

7 copies in stock

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Description

First published in 1907 and in print ever since, Hilaire Belloc’s Cautionary Tales for Children is a deliciously witty parody of the terribly serious moral tales for children, which were popular in Victorian times.

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'.

As well as these stories and many more, this edition includes a selection of mischievous poems from The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts and More Beasts for Worse Children. This volume includes the original illustrations by Basil Temple Blackwood, known as B.T.B.