Edward H. Knatchbull-Hugessen (1829–1893)
Auteur de Friends and Foes From Fairy Land
A propos de l'auteur
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Lord Brabourne died in February 1893, aged 63, and was succeeded by his eldest son from his first marriage, Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 2nd Baron Brabourne (5 April 1857-29 December 1909).
Œuvres de Edward H. Knatchbull-Hugessen
Puss-Cat Mew [short story] 3 exemplaires
Some Whispers From Fairyland 2 exemplaires
Charlie among the Elves [short story] 1 exemplaire
The birds of South America. Vol.1 1 exemplaire
Queer folk. Seven stories 1 exemplaire
The mountain-sprite's kingdom and other stories 1 exemplaire
Christmas in Many Lands 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Alternative Alices: Visions and Revisions of Lewis Carroll's Alice Books : An Anthology (1997) — Contributeur — 41 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Knatchbull-Hugessen, Edward H.
- Autres noms
- Lord Brabourne
1st Baron Brabourne - Date de naissance
- 1829-04-29
- Date de décès
- 1893-02-06
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Relations
- Knatchbull-Hugessen, Eva (daughter)
Austen, Jane (great-aunt) - Courte biographie
- Born Edward Hugessen Knatchbull, he was the younger son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet, who twice served as Paymaster-General, and his second wife Fanny Catherine Knight, who was a niece of author Jane Austen. In 1849 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Hugessen, which was the maiden surname of his father's mother. Knatchbull-Hugessen was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford Union.
Lord Brabourne edited the first edition of Jane Austen's letters, published in 1884. This edition included about two-thirds of her surviving letters, and was dedicated to Queen Victoria. He inherited the letters after his mother's death in December 1882. - Notice de désambigüisation
- Lord Brabourne died in February 1893, aged 63, and was succeeded by his eldest son from his first marriage, Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 2nd Baron Brabourne (5 April 1857-29 December 1909).
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1875 1st edition. 8vo. pp vi, 253, [4] plates. Original publisher's brown decorative cloth, lettered gilt on spine and front cover with beveled edges, all edges gilt. Illustrated by Gustave Doré.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 19
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- 4
- Membres
- 38
- Popularité
- #383,442
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 6
The Forest Fairy: Christmas In Switzerland is the first book I have read from author E.H.K. Hugessen, better known as Edward H. Knatchbull-Hugessen, the first Baron Brabourne, an English politician and the author of a number of works of fantasy and fairy fiction. He was also, interestingly enough, the great nephew of the celebrated novelist Jane Austen, on his mother's side. In any case, this is the seventh entry in Boston-based publisher Dana Estes & Company's Christmas in Many Lands series, which presents a collection of short stories, each published separately, each profusely illustrated, and each set at Christmastime in a different country. The series began in 1892, when the American publisher reprinted four Christmas short stories by sisters and author/illustrator team Florence and Edith Scannell, originally published in their native Britain in 1888, and set (respectively) in England, France, Germany and Italy. Each of these brief stories was published separately, in slim 32-page volumes, but it is also worth noting that these first four books in the series were also published in a single volume, Christmas in Many Lands: England, France, Germany, and Italy, in 1888 (the same year they were originally published in the UK). In 1894 the Boston publisher added an American volume to the collection, with Hezekiah Butterworth's The Parson's Miracle and My Grandmother's Grandmother's Christmas Candle: Christmas In America, and then in 1895 Peter Christen Asbjørnsen's 'Round the Yule-Log: Christmas in Norway was added. This addition to the series was published in 1896, and is taken from the author's larger 1869 collection, Stories for My Children, published in the states in 1871 as Puss-Cat Mew and Other Stories for My Children.
Although predictable, this story of a little girl and her grandfather getting a well-deserved Christmas blessing was still a pleasure to read. I don't think there was anything particularly Swiss in the cultural setting or background of the story, which was a disappointment, but I appreciated the fairy-tale aspect of the narrative, and the way in which the author fleshed out some details of the Forest Fairy's world. I liked the fact that the Fairy drove about the countryside in a little wicker carriage pulled by six squirrels, for instance, or that her man-servants were rabbits in livery. Recommended to readers interested in 19th-century fairy-tales for children, or in vintage Christmas stories. For my part, I now plan to track down the larger collection from which this came, to see what other delights Knatchbull-Hugessen's fairy-tales might hold.… (plus d'informations)