| The Rose and the Ring, the | 
 enlarge | Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher: Indypublish.com
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1107921
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 116
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.3
ISBN: 1404327401
EAN: 9781404327405
ASIN: 1404327401
Publication Date: October 24, 2002
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Rose and the Ring June 3, 2006
I absolutely adored this book as a child, as did my sister. It might possibly be our all time favourite; funny, quirky, with all the ingredients of a classic fairy story but suited to an older reader as it is about the length of a teen novel. Is this perhaps where it's appeal lay for us? the comfort/enjoyment of a cosy happily-ever-after young child's story, but with a bit more wit humour and substance suited to a more mature reader. The pictures are an essential part of the story though, crazy to publish without them!
Bring back the pictures! March 1, 2006
This delightful tale is introduced by its author as a play for Twelfth Night, a custom we have lost as far as I know, but which must have been a familiar one to his readers of the mid-nineteenth century. It seems it featured cut-out figures, which is why the illustrations to the story are an important part of it - what a shame to have left them out! When I bought a second-hand copy I was taken straight back to my childhood, when I borrowed it from the library. Thackeray's own drawings of the often frail and sulky characters and their slapstick antics are full of whimsical detail and grotesquerie - think of Tenniel's for Lewis Carroll, or Arthur Rackham's for Christina Rosetti's 'Goblin Market'. We are plunged straight away into a realm which is still familiar to modern readers - that of fairy tale. The story itself proceeds predictably enough - at one point, Thackeray pretends to claim that none of his young audience could possibly have guessed at the corny twist he is about to introduce - but such authorial asides are just one of the devices by which he subverts his chosen genre. Another is oblique references to contemporary Europe, and especially the recent events of the Crimean War. The pace is smart, the appeal to children vivid, while the knowingness of the narration ensures there's plenty of amusement to be gained along the way.
A classic March 19, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I first read this book at school more than twenty years ago, and was delighted to find a copy on Amazon.This is a classic fairytale / morality story, and though it's aimed at children it can be just as delightful for adults. If you like books like the Narnia books, and enjoy fairy stories then I'm sure you'll love this. The only pity of this edition is that it comes without the original drawings of the characters that Thackeray published.
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