Item
Nursery Tales by Aunt Lucille
- Title
- en_US Nursery Tales by Aunt Lucille
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US Aunt Lucille
- Creator
- en_US Lucille See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Van Hunnik, J.C.
- Date
- 2016-01-25T15:46:53Z
- en_US 2013-07
- en_US 1950?
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T15:46:53Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1950
- Abstract
- en_US There are eight fairy tales here, listed on the inside of the front cover. The last of them is Renard the cunning fox. This tale starts with Renard boasting. Soon we are in the fable of FC, but the deciding moment in this version of the fable is not when the crow sings but when he dances. A typical Van Hunnik illustration depicts this scene. Reynard next meets a big dog and they go off together to catch the hen that lays golden eggs. Reynard indeed captures her with the same flattery. The dog goes away disappointed. The farmer who had owned the hen that laid golden eggs appears and kills Reynard. He also kills Reynard the Second. That farmer and the hen that lays golden eggs are the subjects of a fine Van Hunnk picture. I have not had time to investigate whether the pictures here are to some extent those used from Van Hunnik in other Mulder volumes. This is a curious rendition of the Reynard story. The Dutch editors had a lapse. On the last page we read Farmer Tulip realised wat a stroke of luck this was….
- Identifier
- en_US 9748 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Mulder & Zoon
- en_US Amsterdam
- Subject
- en_US PZ8.L83 Nu 1950 See all items with this value
- en_US Collection See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books