Twilight LandIt is evening at the Inn of the Sign of Mother Goose. In a dark, smoky room, the world’s most famous storytellers gather to weave tales of mystery and enchantment. In this collection of 16 haunting fairy tales, Howard Pyle intertwines each story with the next, crafting a unified world filled with princes and demons, genies and sorceresses, and all the characters that pitch in to wage the age-old battle between good and evil. This Looking Glass Library edition includes an introduction by N. D. Wilson and Pyle’s intricate line illustrations from the original 1894 publication. |
Contents
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The Talisman of Solomon | 23 |
IllLuck and the Fiddler | 61 |
Empty Bottles | 76 |
Good Gifts and a Fools Folly | 89 |
The Good of a Few Words | 106 |
Womans | 132 |
A Piece of Good Luck | 151 |
Not a Pin to Choose | 201 |
Much Shall Have More and Little Shall Have Less | 232 |
Wisdoms Wages and Follys | 242 |
The Enchanted Island | 262 |
All Things Are as Fate Wills | 284 |
Where to Lay the Blame | 301 |
The Salt of Life | 314 |
The Fruit of Happiness | 181 |
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