A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys - Hardcover

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 135911808X ISBN 13: 9781359118080

Publisher: Palala Press, 2016

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About this title

About the Author:

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and made his ambition to be a writer while still a teenager. He graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine, where the poet Longfellow was also a student, and spent several years travelling in New England and writing short stories before his best-known novel The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850. His writing was not at first financially rewarding and he worked as measurer and surveyor in the Boston and Salem Custom Houses. In 1853 he was sent to Liverpool as American consul and then lived in Italy before returning to the US in 1860, where he died in his sleep four years later.

Review:

"A handsome replica of the original 1893 edition, A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne features Medusa, Hercules, Pandora, Midas et al--and the art of the illustrious Walter Crane.... Crane's color plates are lushly romantic in style; the plainer printed story titles and illuminated letters are just as beautiful."--Publishers Weekly

"Hawthorne's delightful retelling of Greek myths displays his command of narrative and character as well as his sense of adventure. The stories of Midas, Medusa, Hercules, and others will delight both children and adult readers."--The Tampa Tribune Times

"An exceptionally fine series of Hawthorne retellings of Greek classics.... An excellent keepsake edition."--The Children's Bookwatch

About this edition

• Publisher: Palala Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 135911808X
• ISBN 13: 9781359118080
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 170