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Browne, Maggie: Wanted—A King (illus). v1. 10 Jan 2020
Wanted—A King
OR How Merle Set the Nursery Rhymes to Rights by Maggie Browne Pseudonym of Margaret Hamer Andrewes (1864–1937) Illustrated by Harry Furniss (1854–1925) Merle, confined to bed to recover from a serious fall, finds herself in the land of Endom. The nursery rhyme characters who live there ask her help to vanquish and banish the wicked Grunter Grim, who has subverted the happy verses into very unpleasant experiences. This will not be an easy task for Merle, but she is determined to succeed. **************** Maggie Browne, pseudonym of Margaret Andrewes née Hamer (1864-1937), was an English author of fiction and non-fiction children’s books, who is best known today for Wanted, a King, an Alice in Wonderland-type story. Lewis Carroll reportedly owned a copy “as part of his collection of ‘books of the Alice type’.” Some of her other titles include Pleasant Work for Busy Fingers; Plays for Little Folks; Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies, and a Tom Cat; and The Book of Betty Barber. (The latter two, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, are also available from the MobileRead library. Two Old Ladies: epub kindle Betty Barber: epub kindle ) **************** Wanted—A King was first published in 1890. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA. **************** A fun little book that can be enjoyed straight-up by young readers, and by adults as a glimpse of some early challenges to social and gender roles. . This work is assumed to be in the Life+70 public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. Copyright laws differ throughout the world, and it may still be under copyright in some countries. Before downloading, please check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work.
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