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Airmont (1968), Paperback, 190 pages
Description
Juvenile Fiction. Short Stories. Folklore. HTML: The famed author of quintessentially American works such as The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne also wrote a series of books designed for younger readers. Tanglewood Tales is a collection of Greek myths charmingly retold for young American audiences..
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LibraryThing member antiquary
Retellings of Greel myths for children. Rather bowdlerized by modern standards.
LibraryThing member librisissimo
Contents: The Wayside; The Minotaur; The Pygmies; The Dragon's Teeth; Circe's Palace; The Pomegranate Seeds; The Golden Fleece.
LibraryThing member raizel
Interesting, innocent retellings of some Greek myths for children. In this telling of "The Minotaur," Ariadne, daughter of King Minos, does not go with Theseus, because it would be too cruel to leave her father alone---even though she knows it was her father's idea to have the Minotaur eat an
[Perhaps not relevant, but this book was pleasant and fun to read. Unlike what I remember of The Scarlet Letter, which left me wondering how such an exciting plot could be be told in such a dull and distant manner.]
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annual allotment of young people. Still, she has stopped this from happening in the future---for her tather's sake as much as Theseus'. In fact, the narrator berates "some low-minded people" who say otherwise! [p. 43][Perhaps not relevant, but this book was pleasant and fun to read. Unlike what I remember of The Scarlet Letter, which left me wondering how such an exciting plot could be be told in such a dull and distant manner.]
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1853
1913
Physical description
190 p.; 7.25 inches
ISBN
0804901759 / 9780804901758
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Airmont Classics