Beauty and the Beast (Classic Children's Books) - Hardcover

 
9781595834607: Beauty and the Beast (Classic Children's Books)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1595834605 ISBN 13: 9781595834607
Verlag: Laughing Elephant, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Beauty and the Beast, the classic French fairy tale, dates from the mid-eighteenth century - though it is rooted in older stories like Cupid and Psyche. It has also inspired newer tales like the Hunchback of Notre Dame and even King Kong. Laughing Elephant is proud to present the seminal version of the story that is so rooted in our culture. 

The anonymous author of this Beauty and the Beast brings the familiar tale to life admirably. This version doesn’t dwell too long on Beauty’s family’s financial troubles or her horrible sisters - instead, the narrative proceeds quickly to Beauty’s fateful visit to the magical castle, with all the delightful details that have long fascinated children, like the disembodied hands that serve dinner and the magic rose. 

H.M. Brock’s illustrations are sumptuous and romantic. The animal servants are lavishly clothed, Beauty is exquisite, and even the Beast is a rather handsome lion. The castle is so huge and dazzling and the gardens are so lavish that one can’t imagine why Beauty would ever want to leave. 

This powerful story and Brock's lovely illustrations are accompanied by a new introduction from children's literature expert Professor Jerry Griswold. Laughing Elephant and The Green Tiger Press have long enjoyed bringing great illustrators out of obscurity. This version of Beauty and the Beast, part of Laughing Elephant and Green Tiger Press’s Illustrated Classics series, revives a treasure with grace and intelligence. This is the quintessential version of an immortal tale, here to delight a whole new generation.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

H.M. Brock (1875-1960) enjoyed a long and successful career as an illustrator. Brock grew up in Cambridge, where his father was a specialist in Oriental Languages. Brock was greatly influenced by his three brothers, also illustrators, with whom he shared a studio. He eventually developed his own vigorous style, which lent itself very well to illustrating such works as The Deerslayer (1900), Sir Walter Scott’s Waverly (1899), Shakespeare’s King Richard II, four of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novels, and several of Charles Dickens’s novels. A devotee of Gilbert and Sullivan, H.M. Brock designed many posters and other promotional materials for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Considered one of the greats in his field, Brock lived and worked in Cambridge until his death.



Jerry Griswold is a specialist in Children's Literature and American Literature and Culture. Has published seven books and hundreds of essays in The New York Times, The Paris Review of Books, The New Republic, and the Los Angeles Times, to name a few. The former director of the National Center for the Study of Children's Literature, Griswold has taught at San Diego State University, UCLA, UCSD, and the National University of Ireland in Galway. He resides in San Diego, California.

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Verlag
Laughing Elephant
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1595834605
ISBN 13 
9781595834607
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Zeichner
Brock H.M.
Anzahl der Seiten
48
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