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Cautionary Tales by Hilaire Belloc is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Cautionary Tales about?
First published in 1907 and in print ever since, Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Tales for Children is a deliciously witty parody of the terribly serious moral tales for children, which were popular in Victorian times.Terrifying and funny at the same time, and with a true sense of the absurd, Belloc brings us the renowned 'Jim, Who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a Lion' and unfortunate 'Rebecca, who slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably'.As well as these stories and many more, this edition includes a selection of mischievous poems from The Bad Child's Book of Beasts and More Beasts for Worse Children. This volume includes the original illustrations by Basil Temple Blackwood, known as B.T.B.
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Hilaire Belloc
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.79 / 5 (372 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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