The 13 Clocks (New York Review Books Children's Collection)

The 13 Clocks (New York Review Books Children's Collection)

Now in paperback

Once upon a time, in a gloomy castle on a lonely hill, where there were thirteen clocks that wouldnâ€™t go, there lived a cold, aggressive Duke, and his niece, the Princess Saralinda. She was warm in every wind and weather, but he was always cold. His hands were as cold as his smile and almost as cold as his heart. He wore gloves when he was asleep, and he wore gloves when he was awake, which made it difficult for him to pick up pins or coins or the kernels of nuts, or to tear the wings from nightingales.

So begins James Thurber's sublimely revamped fairy tale, The 13 Clocks, in which a wicked Duke who imagines he has killed time, and the Dukeâ€™s beautiful niece, for whom time seems to have run out, both meet their match, courtesy of an enterprising and very handsome prince in disguise. Readers young and old will take pleasure in this tale of love forestalled but ultimately fulfilled, admiring its upstanding hero (â€œwho yearned to find in a far land the maiden of his dreams, singing as he wentâ€¦and possibly slaying a dragon here and thereâ€) and unapologetic villain (â€œWe all have flaws,â€ the Duke said. â€œMine is being wickedâ€), while wondering at the enigmatic Golux, the mysterious stranger whose unpredictable interventions speed the story to its necessarily happy end.
Country USA
Brand New York Review of Books
Manufacturer NYRB Kids
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2015-09-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781590179376

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review of Books
Manufacturer	NYRB Kids
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
ReleaseDate	2015-09-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781590179376

The 13 Clocks (New York Review Books Children's Collection)

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