The Wonder Clock, or Four & Twenty Marvellous Tales, Being One for Each Hour of the Day
First Edition
Author:
Howard Pyle 
Complete Authored Works, Katharine Pyle
Illustrator:
Howard Pyle Complete Authored Works
Embellished with verses by Katharine Pyle
Publication:
1887 by Harper and Brothers
Genre:
Anthology, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales, Short Story
Pages:
318
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In these "four-and-twenty tales, one for each hour of the day" Howard Pyle surpasses even himself in stories of humor and delight that satisfy the sense of wonder that is part of the heritage of children everywhere.
Here are the brave knights and kings, enchanted animals, adventurous princes and lovely princesses of old, inhabiting a wondrous, magic land. In it, there are deeds to be accomplished, prophecies to to be fulfilled, and wishes to be carried out, all told with the humor and vivacity and vigor of an accomplished tale spinner.
The imaginative pictures by the author and the introductory verses by Katherine Pyle make this a book for children to treasure.
From the dust jacket of the 1915 edition
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The Wonder Clock: Or, Four & Twenty Marvelous Tales, Being One for Each Hour of the Day
Reprinted in 2012 by Dover Publications
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The Wonder Clock
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Podcast
Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
Released in 2020 by The Literary Life
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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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