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The King of the Golden River or the Black Brothers

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Author Bio:John RuskinPub. Country:United KingdomJohn Ruskin wrote this fable for a teenage family friend, Effie, and later he married her. The marriage was famously disastrous, but before it fell apart the Ruskins allowed The King of the Golden River to be published. It became one of the most popular works for children of its time. Richard Doyle contributed over 25 full-page illustrations and vignettes. The King of the Golden River is the first literary fairy tale in English (as opposed to collected folk tales). Ruskin himself said it was ‘a fairly good imitation of Grimm and Dickens, mixed with some true Alpine feeling of my own’. Later he spoke of the capacity of the traditional tales ‘to fortify children against the glacial cold of selfish science’. It remains a powerful fable about humanity’s dual capacity for destructiveness and redeeming love, with as strange fairy-tale creatures as one could hope to meet. An essay by Simon Cooke explains the book’s importance.

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781843682660
Author
John Ruskin
Publisher
ACC ART BOOKS
Publication Date
2025-07-14
Condition
new
Pages
64
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Weight (g)
500
Height (mm)
30
Length (mm)
185
Width (mm)
145
ISBN-10
9781843682660

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