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A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1851) is a children's book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he retells several Greek myths. It was followed by a sequel, Tanglewood Tales.
The stories in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys are all stories within a story, the frame story being that a Williams College student, Eustace Bright, is telling these tales to a group of children at Tanglewood, an area in Lenox, Massachusetts, where Hawthorne lived for a time. All the tales are modified from the original myths.
"Midas' Daughter Turned to Gold" by Walter Crane, illustrating the Midas myth for an 1893 edition A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys covers the myths of
The Gorgon's Head - recounts the story of Perseus killing Medusa at the request of the king of the island, Polydectes.
The Golden Touch - recounts the story of King Midas and his "Golden Touch".
The Paradise of Children - recounts the story of Pandora opening the box filled with all of mankind's Troubles.
The Three Golden Apples - recounts the story of Heracles procuring the Three Golden Apples from the Hesperides' orchard, with the help of Atlas.
The Miraculous Pitcher - recounts the story of Baucis and Philemon providing food and shelter to two strangers who were Zeus and "Quicksilver" (Hermes) in disguise. Baucis and Philemon were rewarded by the gods for their kindness; they were promised never to live apart from one another.
The Chimæra - recounts the story of Bellerophon taming Pegasus and killing the Chimæra.
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The stories in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys are all stories within a story, the frame story being that a Williams College student, Eustace Bright, is telling these tales to a group of children at Tanglewood, an area in Lenox, Massachusetts, where Hawthorne lived for a time. All the tales are modified from the original myths.
"Midas' Daughter Turned to Gold" by Walter Crane, illustrating the Midas myth for an 1893 edition A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys covers the myths of
The Gorgon's Head - recounts the story of Perseus killing Medusa at the request of the king of the island, Polydectes.
The Golden Touch - recounts the story of King Midas and his "Golden Touch".
The Paradise of Children - recounts the story of Pandora opening the box filled with all of mankind's Troubles.
The Three Golden Apples - recounts the story of Heracles procuring the Three Golden Apples from the Hesperides' orchard, with the help of Atlas.
The Miraculous Pitcher - recounts the story of Baucis and Philemon providing food and shelter to two strangers who were Zeus and "Quicksilver" (Hermes) in disguise. Baucis and Philemon were rewarded by the gods for their kindness; they were promised never to live apart from one another.
The Chimæra - recounts the story of Bellerophon taming Pegasus and killing the Chimæra.
Odin’s Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind’s literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 197799301X
- ISBN 13 9781977993014
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages90
- EditorAnderson Taylor
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