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De Morgan, Mary: The Windfairies and Other Tales (illus). v1.1. 19 Feb 2016
The Windfairies and Other Tales
By Mary De Morgan (1850–1907) Illustrated by Olive Cockerell (1869–1910) First published 1900. The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain worldwide because the creators died more than one hundred years ago; and first publication was prior to 1923. ----------- Mary De Morgan, an English writer, was the author of three volumes of fairy tales: “On a Pincushion” (1877), “The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde” (1880) and “The Windfairies” (1900). She also wrote short stories, a number of socio-political articles, and, under the name William Dodson, the novel “A Choice of Chance” (1887). Although De Morgan is one of the lesser known authors of literary fairytales, her writings played a comprehensive and central role in the evolution of the genre. Edith Nesbit, among other writers, took inspiration from De Morgan. Her works, influenced by Hans Christian Andersen, are remarkable in deviating from the fairytale norm (not always having a happy ending, or having the protagonist gain, not wealth or power, but rather, the wisdom to recognize the value of living without these things); and in the subtle satirical element of political comment. Her stories frequently have strong female protagonists (often outwitting or rescuing men), and sometimes mock society's expectations of women. A theme runs through many De Morgan stories of the pitfalls of pride and vanity, and redemption from such folly. (—Adapted from Wikipedia.) EXCERPT -- from The Ploughman and the Gnome: Spoiler:
And then? And then? ------------------------ Text and illustrations were obtained from the Internet Archive. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, italics, and diacritics formatted; some paragraph breaks added for improved readability. Embedded font for titling. MANY MANY THANKS to forum member Mazza1954 for supplying missing text fragments -- her assistance was invaluable! ------------------------ Enjoy the magic. ================= EDIT: UPLOADED CORRECTED VERSION. The previous formatting was very ill due to a corruption in the stylesheet. Previous downloads: 11. ================= 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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02-19-2016, 10:39 AM | #2 |
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I just uploaded a corrected version. The stylesheet had an error.
So here is the properly formatted book. My apologies! |
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