Dream Days

Dream Days

Kenneth Grahame

14,61 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2017
Materia
Fantasía
ISBN:
9781387095438
14,61 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Donde los libros
  • Librería 7artes
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

Dream Days is a collection of children’s fiction and reminiscences of childhood written by Kenneth Grahame. A sequel to the 1895 collection The Golden Age (some of its selections feature the same family of five children), Dream Days was first published in 1898 under the imprint John Lane: The Bodley Head. The first six selections in the book had been previously published in periodicals of the day - in The Yellow Book and the New Review in Britain and in Scribner’s Magazine in the U.S.The book is best known for its inclusion of Grahame’s classic story ''The Reluctant Dragon''.Like its precursor volume, Dream Days received strong approval from the literary critics of the day. In the decades since, the book has perhaps suffered a reputation as a thinner and weaker sequel to The Golden Age-except for its single hit story. In one modern estimation, both books ''paint a convincingly unsentimental picture of childhood, with the adults in these sketches totally out of touch...

Artículos relacionados

  • Queen of the World
    Ben Hennessy
    In the legends, the Four saved the world from war and poverty. These incredible men walked the lands, seeking an audience with the ruler of each nation. They demanded that mankind focus its efforts on education, trade and culture. No longer would the people face starvation and terror. This commandment was enforced with displays of miraculous power. After all, it is difficult to...
    Disponible

    15,27 €

  • The Last Sprite
    CC Ryburn
    Cheryl grew up immersed in science and fact. A low level accountant has to always keep a clear head based on what is real. What is real and what is fact blurred on her twenty-second birthday. When several non-factual being's became a real part of her life. Figuring out who to trust is tied to her survival. Too bad most of them are wearing masks. The fact that the demon Be...
    Disponible

    16,61 €

  • Rise of the Remnant
    Brian A. Griffen
    Benjamin Tav is a young shepherd desperate for faith and freedom. Both have been taken from him, along with his parents, by King Zimri, a vile devotee of the false god Melek. Bound by a promise to his father, Benjamin must wrestle with doubt to remember the Covenant of the creator Goddess Neshama.   Benjamin gathers allies along the way like Othniel 'Wayfarer', a wily p...
    Disponible

    18,49 €

  • Tales from the Boiler Room
    James FW Thompson / Dave D'Alessio / J. Donnait
    Leprechauns are out to get me. I'm not kidding. They're real, and they're a**holes. I'll tell you why. And while I'm at it, I'll tell you about the two guys who took on Hades’s demons on a drunken dare. What they brought back you'll never believe. I also heard about a dude who answered a help wanted ad from a vampire hunter. Hoo, was that a bad idea…...
  • Sanguine Rose
    Jeremiah Cross
    Leslie McKarron’s father, Steven Wilkerson, died before she was born. She always longed for a relationship with him…just not after he was dead. Steven was a hitman in life and is trying to escape hell by promising to ply his trade in order to bring more souls to the infernal region to take the place of his own. However, he needs Leslie’s help to succeed. Leslie is torn between ...
  • An Old Woman’s Last Prophecy
    J. A. Clark / JAClark
    A hidden world unexpectedly descends upon a young boy’s village. As magic and chaos erupt, Ector must escape into the night and discover why he is being hunted. An old woman’s last prophecy contains the only clue that can explain the destruction and the long-forgotten legendary elves manifesting all around him. ...
    Disponible

    24,46 €

Otros libros del autor

  • The Reluctant Dragon (Illustrated Edition)
    Kenneth Grahame
    In this delightful tale an unnamed boy discovers that there is a dragon living in the downs above his house. But this is no ordinary dragon, this is an erudite, poetry-loving dragon. The boy and the dragon become friends in short order. Unfortunately, the villagers also discover that there is a dragon living in the downs and they send for the great dragon slayer St. George. The...
    Disponible

    18,09 €

  • The Wind in the Willows
    Kenneth Grahame
    Immerse yourself in the charming and whimsical world of 'The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame. This beloved classic follows the adventures of four endearing animal friends-Mole, Ratty, Toad, and Badger-along the tranquil rivers and lush countryside of Edwardian England.The story begins with Mole, who, tired of his solitary life, ventures out of his underground home and d...
    Disponible

    13,40 €

  • The Wind in the Willows
    Kenneth Grahame
    The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame immerses readers in the charming world of the English countryside, where the adventures of Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger unfold. With timeless themes of friendship, bravery, and the wonders of nature, Grahame’s classic tale captivates both young and old alike. ...
    Disponible

    13,75 €

  • The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
    Kenneth Grahame
    'All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.'For more than a century, The Wind in the Willows and its endearing protagonists-Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and, of course, the incorrigible Toad-have enchanted children of all ages. Whether the four friends are setting forth on...
    Disponible

    14,21 €

  • The Golden Age, by Kenneth Grahame
    Kenneth Grahame
    The Golden Age was published in 1895, by a British writer Kenneth Grahame. What’s interesting about The Golden Age is that in this book, Grahame uses the metaphor of Ancient Greek legends and stories as parallels to his own life. The adults are termed 'The Olympians' appearing remote, inaccessible, and lofty to a child. Their activities are incomprehensible to the young mind wh...
    Disponible

    12,36 €

  • The Wind in the Willows
    Kenneth Grahame
    Originally published in 1908 as a book for children, The Wind in the Willowsremains popular with readers of all ages, telling the story of four anthropomorphized animals: Mole, Rate, Toad (immortalized as Mr. Toad in later adaptations), and Badger, all living in an idealized pastoral Edwardian England. More than a century after its original publication, The Wind in the Willows ...