- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: Henry Holt & Company (May 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0805061304
- ISBN-13: 978-0805061307
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 16.3 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,510,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Modern Fairy Tales with Old World Flavor,
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This review is from: The Foundling: And Other Tales of Prydain (Hardcover)
This collection of short stories focuses on events long before Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles. While it sheds more light on some of the characters and situations in that series, the book really stands alone. And, to be honest, I liked it better. Alexander evokes the atmosphere of the best fairy tales without merely copying them. Often, modern writers in this genre try to candy coat the material, removing the danger and threat of evil from their fantasies; or they merely parody existing tales, attempting to add "sophistication" to their stories so that we jaded adults will like them, too. Alexander is above such tactics. These stories are really morality tales about honor, the price of knowledge, the importance of community, the value of friendship, the sacredness of life. Readers, regardless of their ages, come away having learned something. But Alexander is never preachy or obvious; he tells his tales with wit, charm, and imagination. Buy this book for yourself, read it to your children, and save it for your grandchildren.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Answers some Questions,
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This review is from: The Foundling: And Other Tales of Prydain (Mass Market Paperback)
This book is really good, but too short! It tells of events before Taran's birth and sheds some light on Eilonwy's anscestry, Fflewdur's pre-Taran life, and more.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Modern Fairy Tales with Old World Flavor,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Foundling: And Other Tales of Prydain (Hardcover)
This collection of short stories focuses on events long before Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles. While it sheds more light on some of the characters and situations in that series, the book really stands alone. And, to be honest, I liked it better. Alexander evokes the atmosphere of the best fairy tales without merely copying them. Often, modern writers in this genre try to candy coat the material, removing the danger and threat of evil from their fantasies; or they merely parody existing tales, attempting to add "sophistication" to their stories so that we jaded adults will like them, too. Alexander is above such tactics. These stories are really morality tales about honor, the price of knowledge, the importance of community, the value of friendship, the sacredness of life. Readers, regardless of their ages, come away having learned something. But Alexander is never preachy or obvious; he tells his tales with wit, charm, and imagination. Buy this book for yourself, read it to your children, and save it for your grandchildren.
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