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The 13 Clocks

The 13 Clocks

by James Thurber, Marc Simont
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About this book

How can anyone describe this book? It isn't a parable, a fairy story, or a poem, but rather a mixture of all three. It is beautiful and it is comic. It is philosophical and it is cheery. What we suppose we are trying fumblingly to say is, in a word, that it is Thurber. There are only a few reasons why everybody has always wanted to read this kind of story: if you have always wanted to love a Princess; if you always wanted to be a Prince; if you always wanted the wicked Duke to be punished; or if you always wanted to live happily ever after. Too little of this kind of thing is going on in the world today. But all of it is going on valorously in The 13 Clocks.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780440405825
ISBN10 0440405823
Series/Work OL14857157W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Yearling
Pages 128
Language EN
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At April 18, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

American fiction (fictional works by one author) Children's fiction Children's literature Clocks and watches Clocks and watches, fiction Fairy tales Family, fiction Fiction Juvenile fiction Minstrels Poets, fiction Princes Princesses Princesses, fiction Time Time, fiction Uncles

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