Cautionary tales for children
From the Publisher: One of Hilaire Belloc's most famous works, "Cautionary Tales for Children" satirizes a genre of admonitory children's literature popular in England in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The seven stories contained in this work are macabre parodies of childhood lessons, and will en...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harcourt,
c2002.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Jim, who let go of his nurse's hand and was eaten by a lion
- Henry King, who chewed bits of string, and was early cut off in dreadful agonies
- Matilda, who told lies, and was burned to death
- Franklin Hyde, who caroused in the dirt, and was corrected by his uncle
- Godolphin Horne, who was cursed with the sin of pride, and became a boot-black
- Algernon, who played with a loaded gun, and, on missing his sister, was reprimanded by his father
- Hildrebrand, who was frightened by a passing motor, and was brought to reason.
