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A review by nnecatrix
The King of the Golden River: Or, the Black Brothers, a Legend of Stiria 1888 by John Ruskin
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.