- Cards: 15 pages
- Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0810985446
- ISBN-13: 978-0810985445
- Product Dimensions: 15.8 x 11.9 x 5.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,723,426 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Once again another item from the Cottington archives has been rediscovered and given fairy "authentication" by Brian Froud, the renowned illustrator. The book itself is designed to look like an Edwardian photograph album and has that worn appearance associated with antique books, along with the sepia photographs inside. The whole concept and the artwork is amazing and Froudians (the name for fans of Froud) should definitely have this book in their collection.
The book takes us through pictures and writings from Euphemia Cottington and the young Angelica, Lady Cottington, of the first book; each telling us in an unconscious way more about the story as the pages progress. Each page contains squashed fairies as they proceed to interfere and do their utmost to corrupt our heroine, the virtuous Angelica Cottington.
For those who have the first book, the humour is less Monty Pythonesque and grotesque in this one (the absence of Terry Jones' pantomime dame type of writing is apparent). However, it is replaced by the more subtle and ironic humour of Mr Froud and his wife Wendy, writing together. This gives the story much more depth and focuses us rather more on empathy for the characters. I hope the saga will continue.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Lovely squashy cover!
The humour is definately lacking Terry Jones but it's worth grabbing for your Froud collection.
Read it to the kids and watch them squirm every time you SNAP! the book closed...Ha, Ha...!!!
The humour is definately lacking Terry Jones but it's worth grabbing for your Froud collection.
Read it to the kids and watch them squirm every time you SNAP! the book closed...Ha, Ha...!!!
Format:Hardcover
Excellent, I have all the set in this range and love the way it is illustrated and presented. It is one i read/ lookat time and time again
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