A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"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.)
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| Author | Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 |
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| Illustrator | Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 |
| Title | A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys |
| Alternate Title | Wonder Book for Girls and Boys |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_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) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Mythology, Greek |
| Subject | Mythology, Greek -- Juvenile literature |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 32242 |
| Release Date | May 3, 2010 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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