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The Wonder Clock

by Howard Pyle

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1888
Pages
279
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Read by Maria Kasper, Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023), Michelle Crandall and others · 6 h 59 min · 24 parts

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  1. Preface and Bearskin

    24:52

  2. The Water of Life

    13:44

  3. How One Turned his Trouble to Some Account

    15:16

  4. How Three Went out into the Wide World

    8:22

  5. The Clever Student and the Master of Black Arts

    15:27

  6. The Princess Golden Hair and the Great Black Raven

    17:30

  7. Cousin Greylegs, the Red Fox, and Grandfather Mole

    13:35

  8. One Good Turn Deserves Another

    21:29

  9. The White Bird

    26:04

  10. How The Good Gifts were Used by Two

    16:21

  11. How Boots Befooled the King

    16:39

  12. The Step-mother

    20:25

  13. Master Jacob

    18:30

  14. Peterkin and the Little Grey Hare

    22:28

  15. Mother Hildegarde

    16:37

  16. Which is Best

    16:49

  17. The Simpleton and his Little Black Hen

    15:37

  18. The Swan Maiden

    17:27

  19. The Three Little Pigs and the Ogre

    14:28

  20. The Staff and the Fiddle

    19:13

  21. How the Princess's Pride was Broken

    15:46

  22. How Two Went into Partnership

    14:36

  23. King Stork

    18:45

  24. The Best that Life has to Give

    19:05

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Howard Pyle set himself an unusual task here: twenty-four original fairy tales, one for every hour on the clock face, written in the plain cadence of old folk stories rather than borrowed from any single tradition. Kings, millers' sons, talking animals, and cunning young heroes fill its pages, each tale opened by a short verse from his sister Katharine. Pyle also drew the many woodcut-style illustrations himself, so the book is as much a pleasure for the eye as for the ear when read aloud. Written to sound as though handed down for generations, it stands among the finest American additions to the fairy tale form. First published in 1887, it can be downloaded as a free PDF and EPUB.

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Howard Pyle

Howard Pyle was an American illustrator, painter, and author, primarily of books for young people. He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.

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Book facts

First published
1888
Reading time
About 5 hours
Pages
279
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Maria Kasper, Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023), Michelle Crandall and others