A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Length5h 39m
About this audiobook
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. Hawthorne expressed his idea to rewrite Greek myths as early as 1846 when he outlined a book to Evert Augustus Duyckinck of stories "taken out of the cold moonshine of classical mythology, and modernized, or perhaps gothicized, so that they may be felt by children of these days." In 1851, just after the birth of his daughter Rose he proposed the idea again in the form of a collection of six tales.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length5 hrs 39 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 13, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
2INTRODUCTORY TO THE GORGON’S HEAD
3THE GORGON'S HEAD
4TANGLEWOOD PORCH, AFTER THE STORY
5INTRODUCTORY TO THE GOLDEN TOUCH
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6THE GOLDEN TOUCH
7SHADOW BROOK, AFTER THE STORY
8TANGLEWOOD PLAY-ROOM. INTRODUCTORY TO THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN
9THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN
10TANGLEWOOD PLAY-ROOM
11THE THREE GOLDEN APPLES, TANGLEWOOD FIRESIDE, INTRODUCTORY TO THE 3 GOLDEN APPLES
12THE THREE GOLDEN APPLES
13TANGLEWOOD FIRESIDE, AFTER THE STORY
14THE MIRACVLOVS PITCHER, THE HILL-SIDE, INTRODVCTORY TO THE MIRACVLOVS PITCHER
15THE MIRACVLOVS PITCHER
16THE HILL-SIDE, AFTER THE STORY
17INTRODUCTORY TO THE CHIMÆRA
18THE CHIMÆRA
19BALD SVMMIT, AFTER THE STORY
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