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ashish_dharam's review against another edition
5.0
One of my favorite childhood stories
Read for the first time when I was in school (3rd grade, I think). Still love the story as an adult. Love the simple moral and the simple foundation of the tale. An absolute masterpiece by an amazing writer
Read for the first time when I was in school (3rd grade, I think). Still love the story as an adult. Love the simple moral and the simple foundation of the tale. An absolute masterpiece by an amazing writer
boopity's review against another edition
3.0
Reading this through dailylit.com and find it very interesting. Definitely a victorian morality tale. I really wish I had the illustrations
good but pretty standard. Didn't have too much that was new or interesting, but I guess this would be typical since it was written over 100 years ago and many people were probably inspired by it.
good but pretty standard. Didn't have too much that was new or interesting, but I guess this would be typical since it was written over 100 years ago and many people were probably inspired by it.
nnecatrix's review against another edition
4.0
Book #79 for 2017
GenreLand: December - Fantasy
Book Riot's Read Harder: A book set more than 5,000 miles from Fort Collins
PopSugar (max. 3):
- A book with pictures
- A book with a family member term in the title
- A book with an eccentric character
The Legendary Book Club of Habitica's Ultimate Reading Challenge: A book with a family-member term in the title
Better World Books:
- A book that's more than 100 years old
- A book with a color in the title
- A book set in a place you want to visit (Stiria)
- A book under 200 pages
My Personal Reading Challenge: A book at least 100 years older than you
Tina came through for me on New Year's Eve! That's the night I go to Tina's party and hide in her library in a last-ditch effort to complete reading challenges for the year. In this case, I walked in the door and demanded a book short enough to be read in one sitting that was at least 100 years older than me. Inside of 10 minutes, she had me settled with a plate of food, a glass of wine, a cat, and this book.
This particular volume listed no copyright info, but it had a library stamp in the front cover from 1911, and the foreword stated that the story was originally "written in 1841, at the request of a very young lady, and solely for her amusement, without any idea of publication." Some Goodreads entries suggest that the story first saw publication approximately 10 years later.
This is an overtly Christian fairy tale, but it's the nice kind of Christian, not the GOP version. It's rather predictable, in the usual way of fairy tales, but I enjoyed the Victorian language and watching the story unfold. There are some really nice lessons here about charity, kindness, compassion, and true wealth.
And the true moral of the story: Always party with lit majors.
GenreLand: December - Fantasy
Book Riot's Read Harder: A book set more than 5,000 miles from Fort Collins
PopSugar (max. 3):
- A book with pictures
- A book with a family member term in the title
- A book with an eccentric character
The Legendary Book Club of Habitica's Ultimate Reading Challenge: A book with a family-member term in the title
Better World Books:
- A book that's more than 100 years old
- A book with a color in the title
- A book set in a place you want to visit (Stiria)
- A book under 200 pages
My Personal Reading Challenge: A book at least 100 years older than you
Tina came through for me on New Year's Eve! That's the night I go to Tina's party and hide in her library in a last-ditch effort to complete reading challenges for the year. In this case, I walked in the door and demanded a book short enough to be read in one sitting that was at least 100 years older than me. Inside of 10 minutes, she had me settled with a plate of food, a glass of wine, a cat, and this book.
This particular volume listed no copyright info, but it had a library stamp in the front cover from 1911, and the foreword stated that the story was originally "written in 1841, at the request of a very young lady, and solely for her amusement, without any idea of publication." Some Goodreads entries suggest that the story first saw publication approximately 10 years later.
This is an overtly Christian fairy tale, but it's the nice kind of Christian, not the GOP version. It's rather predictable, in the usual way of fairy tales, but I enjoyed the Victorian language and watching the story unfold. There are some really nice lessons here about charity, kindness, compassion, and true wealth.
And the true moral of the story: Always party with lit majors.
mat_tobin's review against another edition
3.0
A rather quaint yet rich in vocabulary collection of fairy tales edited by the great John Ruskin. The main story itself, which takes up almost half the book is Ruskin's own 'The King of the Golden River' which I felt did not do the best job of donning the mantle of seeming like a traditional tale but I couldn't argue with how well he rights. The language may be too rich for some but nevertheless it opens the reader and listener to a wonderful vocabulary.
The rest of the book consists of retellings of myths and fairy tales with, I felt, the better retelling being The Golden Apples of Lough Erne 'told from traditional sources'.
The rest of the book consists of retellings of myths and fairy tales with, I felt, the better retelling being The Golden Apples of Lough Erne 'told from traditional sources'.
qemorio's review against another edition
3.0
A true old school fairy tale, I read this to my son at bedtime and we give each give it one thumb up which adds up to two thumbs up which I think is fitting of such a story.
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