Cautionary Tales
$22.99
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
13 August 2024
Summary
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 the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035017409 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035017407 |
| Author: | Hilaire Belloc |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 13 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 158g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 101mm x 159mm |
| Series: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc was born in France in 1870. As a child, he moved with his mother and siblings to England. As a French citizen, he did his military service in France before going to Oxford University, where he was president of the Union debating society. He took British citizenship in 1902 and was a member of parliament for several years.
A prolific and versatile writer of over 150 books, he is best remembered for his comic and light verse. But he also wrote extensively about politics, history, nature and contemporary society. Famously adversarial, he is remembered for his long-running feud with H. G. Wells. He died in Surrey, England, in 1953.
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