The Pied Piper of Hamelin - Couverture souple

Browning, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 606922535X ISBN 13 : 9786069225356

Editeur : Mediamorphosis, 2010

Synopsis

Based on a bizarre legend from the 13th century, Robert Browning's poem from 1842 basically deals with how we might lose our future when we forget our past promises. A good and frightening lesson about children and parents for... children and parents. The sorrow message of the poem is somehow curbed by Kate Greenaway's delicate and abundant illustrations that are turning this book into some sort of a graphic verse-novel. This color edition is part of the "Vintage books restored" collection.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Biographie de l'auteur

Robert Browning (1812-1889) was born in Camberwell, London, the son of a clerk in the Bank of England. The strongest influence on his education were the books in his father's extensive library, particularly the writings of Byron and Shelley. His dramatic poem Paracelsus, published in 1835, established his reputation and brought him the friendship of the actor-manager William Macready. When Macready's eldest son Willie was ill in bed, Browning wrote for the boy's entertainment the poem of The Pied Piper, a story he remembered from his own childhood. After its appearance in print in 1842, it became a children's classic, attracting new illustrators in every generation.

In 1846 Robert Browning married a fellow poet, Elizabeth Barrett, eloping with her to Italy where they lived until Elizabeth's death in 1861. He them returned to England to live with his only sister Sarianna, but later he went back to Italy, where he died at the Rezzonico Palace in Venice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mediamorphosis
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 606922535X
• ISBN 13: 9786069225356
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Greenaway Kate
• Nombre de pages: 52
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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