Tanglewood tales for girls and boys; being a second Wonderbook .By: Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781974253098)

Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls (1853) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. It is a re-writing of well-known Greek myths in a volume for children. The book includes the myths of: Theseus and the Minotaur (Chapter: "The Minotaur") Antaeus and the Pygmies (Chapter: "The Pygmies") Dragon's Teeth (Chapter: "The Dragon's Teeth") Circe's Palace (Chapter: "Circe's Palace") Proserpina, Ceres, Pluto, and the Pomegranate Seed (Chapter: "The Pomegranate Seed") Jason and the Golden Fleece (Chapter: "The Golden Fleece") Hawthorne wrote introduction, titled "The Wayside", referring to The Wayside in Concord, where he lived from 1852 until his death. In the introduction, Hawthorne writes about a visit from his young friend Eustace Bright, who requested a sequel to A Wonder-Book, which impelled him to write the Tales. Although Hawthorne informs us in the introduction that these stories were also later retold by Cousin Eustace, the frame stories of A Wonder-Book have been abandoned

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
ISBN-10: 1974253090
ISBN-13: 9781974253098
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/05/2017
Pages: 114
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.24d