Children's Classics
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A House of Pomegranates (1891) por OscarWilde
A House of Pomegranates (1891)
OscarWilde
  • LECTURAS 22,959
  • Votos 548
  • Partes 4
"A House of Pomegranates" is a collection of fairy tales. "The Young King" tells the story of the illegitimate shepherd son of the recently dead king's daughter of an unnamed country. Being his only heir, he is brought to the palace to await his accession. "The Birthday of the Infanta" is about a hunchbacked dwarf, found in the woods by courtiers of the King of Spain. The hunchback's father sells him to the palace for the amusement of the king's daughter, the Infanta, on her twelfth birthday. In "The Fisherman and his Soul," a young Fisherman finds a Mermaid and wants nothing more than to marry her, but he cannot, for one cannot live underwater if one has a soul. "The Star-Child" is the story of an infant boy found abandoned in the woods by a poor woodcutter, who pities him and takes him in. He grows up to be exceedingly beautiful, but vain, cruel, and arrogant, believing himself to be the divine child of the stars. Cover done by @zonaamind
Anne of Green Gables por gutenberg
Anne of Green Gables
gutenberg
  • LECTURAS 96,437
  • Votos 724
  • Partes 1
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp por gutenberg
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
gutenberg
  • LECTURAS 5,856
  • Votos 38
  • Partes 1
Around the World in 80 Days por gutenberg
Around the World in 80 Days
gutenberg
  • LECTURAS 43,321
  • Votos 199
  • Partes 1
Japanese Fairy Tales por gutenberg
Japanese Fairy Tales
gutenberg
  • LECTURAS 16,316
  • Votos 95
  • Partes 1
Beauty and the Beast por gutenberg
Beauty and the Beast
gutenberg
  • LECTURAS 9,120
  • Votos 111
  • Partes 1
Gulliver's Travels (1726) por JonathanSwift
Gulliver's Travels (1726)
JonathanSwift
  • LECTURAS 124,363
  • Votos 1,823
  • Partes 42
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre.
Treasure Island (1883) por RobertLouisStevenson
Treasure Island (1883)
RobertLouisStevenson
  • LECTURAS 156,325
  • Votos 3,100
  • Partes 34
Treasure Island follows young Jim Hawkins, who finds himself owner of a map to Treasure Island, where the fabled pirate booty is buried; honest Captain Smollett, heroic Dr. Livesey, and the good-hearted but obtuse Squire Trelawney, who help Jim on his quest for the treasure; the frightening Blind Pew, double-dealing Israel Hands, and seemingly mad Ben Gunn, buccaneers of varying shades of menace; and, of course, garrulous, affable, ambiguous Long John Silver, who is one moment a friendly, laughing, one-legged sea-cook . . .and the next a dangerous pirate leader. The unexpected and complex relationship that develops between Silver and Jim helps transform what seems at first to be a simple, rip-roaring adventure story into a deeply moving study of a boy’s growth into manhood, as he learns hard lessons about friendship, loyalty, courage and honor—and the uncertain meaning of good and evil.
Cinderella por gutenberg
Cinderella
gutenberg
  • LECTURAS 15,796
  • Votos 97
  • Partes 1
The Jungle Book por gutenberg
The Jungle Book
gutenberg
  • LECTURAS 31,397
  • Votos 131
  • Partes 1