Racketty-Packetty House
Author:
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator:
Harrison Cady
Publication:
1906 by The Century Co.
Genre:
Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction
Pages:
130
Current state:
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Now this is the story about the doll family I liked and the doll family I didn't. When you read it you are to remember something I am going to tell you. This is it: If you think dolls never do anything you don't see them do, you are very much mistaken. When people are not looking at them they can do anything they choose. They can dance and sing and play on the piano and have all sorts of fun. But they can only move about and talk when people turn their backs and are not looking. If any one looks, they stop. Fairies know this and of course Fairies visit in all the dolls' houses where the dolls are agreeable. They will not associate, though, with dolls who are not nice. They never call or leave their cards at a doll's house where the dolls are proud or bad tempered. They are very particular. If you are conceited or ill-tempered yourself, you will never know a fairy as long as you live. — Queen Crosspatch
From the preface of the first edition
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
1849 - 1924British American
Frances Hodgson Burnett was a born storyteller, and even when she was a young child, living in Manchester, England, her greatest pleasure was in mak... See more
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Racketty-Packetty House and Other Stories No illustrations
Reprinted in 2002 by Dover Publications
Available formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Ebook
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Includes the following stories:
- Racketty-Packetty House
- Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's
- Little Saint Elizabeth
- The Story of Prince Fairyfoot
- The Proud Little Grain of Wheat
- Behind the White Brick
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Podcast
Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
Released in 2020 by The Literary Life
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 1 hr. 29 min.
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"Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins tackle the topic of fairy stories, discussing the what, why and how of reading them. Angelina shares the distinctive characteristics of fairy stories in contrast to other types of stories, such as myths. They deal with the question of whether fairy tales are 'escapist', the influence of the Grimm brothers scholarly work on interpreting fairy stories, and allowing the story to unveil its deeper truths without forcing meaning onto it.
Angelina gives an illustration of how to see the gospel messages in fairy tales by talking us through the story of Sleeping Beauty. She refutes the ideas that fairy tales are about human romance or are misogynistic. She also highlights some of the Enlightenment and Puritan responses to fairy tales that still linger with us today. Cindy and Angelina also discuss some common concerns such as the magical, weird, or scary aspects of fairy tales. Angelina also makes a distinction between folk tales, literary fairy tales, and cautionary tales."
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