The Rose and the Ring
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- First published
- 1855
- Pages
- 73
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Prelude
2:26 -
Chapter 1: SHOWS HOW THE ROYAL FAMILY SAT DOWN TO BREAKFAST
6:53 -
Chapter 2: HOW KING VALOROSO GOT THE CROWN, AND PRINCE GIGLIO WENT WITHOUT
6:12 -
Chapter 3: TELLS WHO THE FAIRY BLACKSTICK WAS, AND WHO WERE EVER SO MANY GRAND PERSONAGES BESIDES
8:37 -
Chapter 4: HOW BLACKSTICK WAS NOT ASKED TO THE PRINCESS ANGELICA'S CHRISTENING
5:35 -
Chapter 5: HOW PRINCESS ANGELICA TOOK A LITTLE MAID
8:05 -
Chapter 6: HOW PRINCE GIGLIO BEHAVED HIMSELF
11:39 -
Chapter 7: HOW GIGLIO AND ANGELICA HAD A QUARREL
9:32 -
Chapter 8: HOW GRUFFANUFF PICKED THE FAIRY RING UP, AND PRINCE BULBO CAME TO COURT
12:07 -
Chapter 9: HOW BETSINDA GOT THE WARMING PAN
10:01 -
Chapter 10: HOW KING VALOROSO WAS IN A DREADFUL PASSION
5:28 -
Chapter 11: WHAT GRUFFANUFF DID TO GIGLIO AND BETSINDA
18:04 -
Chapter 12: HOW BETSINDA FLED, AND WHAT BECAME OF HER
7:20 -
Chapter 13: HOW QUEEN ROSALBA CAME TO THE CASTLE OF THE BOLD COUNT HOGGINARMO
7:25 -
Chapter 14: WHAT BECAME OF GIGLIO
20:12 -
Chapter 15: WE RETURN TO ROSALBA
11:06 -
Chapter 16: HOW HEDZOFF RODE BACK AGAIN TO KING GIGLIO
8:21 -
Chapter 17: HOW A TREMENDOUS BATTLE TOOK PLACE, AND WHO WON IT
14:42 -
Chapter 18: HOW THEY ALL JOURNEYED BACK TO THE CAPITAL
11:35 -
Chapter 19: AND NOW WE COME TO THE LAST SCENE IN THE PANTOMIME
7:16
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A royal breakfast in Paflagonia turns into a scramble to welcome Prince Bulbo, heir to the neighboring kingdom of Crim Tartary. King Valoroso anticipates the visit, Princess Angelica praises the guest, and the queen remembers the king's nephew, Giglio. Behind the preparations lies a question of succession: Valoroso took the throne while his nephew was still a child. William Makepeace Thackeray makes royal ambition look ridiculous through family squabbles, extravagant shopping and the king's efforts to justify his position.
Written as a children's fairy tale, the story grew from holiday characters drawn for young listeners in Rome. Its playful narrator treats the adventures as a household performance, mixing grand speeches with ordinary concerns such as breakfast. In the middle excerpt, a fairy rose passes from Bulbo to Angelica, and their feelings shift with it. Readers can enjoy both the magical complications and the jokes about vanity, privilege and unreliable admiration.
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- First published
- 1855
- Reading time
- About 2 hours
- Pages
- 73
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
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