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Giovanni and the other, children who have made stories

par Frances Hodgson Burnett

Autres auteurs: Reginald B. Birch (Illustrateur)

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This isn't one of Ms. Burnett's best children's books, but it's certainly readable. Readable, that is, if you can stand sentimentality and a tone for the kids that has all the subtlety of the moral lessons at the end of some 1980s American cartoon shows. The "...children who have made stories" in the title refers to children Ms. Burnett met or saw in photos (and one of her sons), who suggested stories to her mind. The title story is the longest. It tells about two very talented poor boys who have two very different fates.

"Eight Little Princes" is about real-life European princes at the time she was writing. After her good wishes for them, I decided to see how things turned out. Given that five of the princes were sons of Kaiser Wilheim II, we know that none of them ever got to be Kaiser. Ms. Burnett felt sorry for the prince of Servia (Serbia). I just looked up Alexander's fate. It's depressing. Alfonso XIII of Spain was another prince, well baby King, for whom Ms. Burnett felt sorry. Looking up his fate, especially the fates of some of his children, is not happy reading. The eighth prince wasn't little at the time she wrote the story. He was Prince Vittorio Emmanuele of Italy. who became King Victor Emmanuel III. He actually managed to rule through both world wars, but that didn't turn out well, either.

Two of the stories are about Ms. Burnett's younger son, Vivian, the one she used as the model for Little Lord Fauntleroy. I wonder if Vivian read them when he became an adult. If so, did they make him cringe?

The last story traces a plot of London's East End ground's descent into ugly desolation and its rebirth, with a tree as the witness. It reminds me of Muslih-uddin Sadi's advice about selling the second loaf of bread if one has only two.

Of the books advertised in the final pages, most were selling for $1.00 or $1.50. Some went for $1.25, a few for $2.00. The most expensive book was Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood -- $3.00. You could have bought the most expensive set, four volumes of The Boy's Library of Legend and Chivalry, edited by Sidney Lanier, for $7.00. If you're interested, I've listed the all of the books, their authors, and the illustrators (if named) in the comments section of my entry for my copy. ( )
  JalenV | Nov 30, 2011 |
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Frances Hodgson Burnettauteur principaltoutes les éditionscalculé
Birch, Reginald B.Illustrateurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
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Giovanni walked up the enclosed road leading to the great white hotel with the many marble balconies. (Giovanni and the Other)
To begin with, I never saw him. (Illustrissimo Signor Bebe)
The guide book only mentions her father, but we did not see her father, we only saw her, and I was glad it was so. (The Daughter of the Custodian)
The dearest thing I saw in Florence the last time I was there, was a delightful little American boy of seven, and one of the most charming and suggestive in Rome was a small fellow about the same age, who sat surrounded by the stately wonders and spaces of St. Peter's, his bright, eager, thoughtful child face upturned to his mother and father, who were sitting and talking together near him. (A Pretty Roman Begger)
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