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Jack the Giant Killer
Richard Doyle
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Description for Jack the Giant Killer
Hardcover. Tells the story of Jack, the intrepid little boy whose courage and ingenuity defeated a host of many-headed giants several times his size. This book will satisfy the modern child's appetite for bloodthirsty exploits of wonder and magic. Illustrator(s): Doyle, Richard. Series: Everyman's Library Children's Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 211 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 307.
The story of Jack, the intrepid little boy whose courage and ingenuity defeated a host of many-headed giants several times his size, is an English folk-tale that must have been told often in the Victorian nursery of the Doyle family. Growing up in the 1830s, they were all gifted children, especially Richard, whose natural talent for draughtsmanship was matched by imaginative invention and a passion for legend and the grotesque. In 1842, when only eighteen, he created for his own delight a picture-book version of Jack The Giant Killer, writing the text by hand, and carefully placing on each page ... Read more
The story of Jack, the intrepid little boy whose courage and ingenuity defeated a host of many-headed giants several times his size, is an English folk-tale that must have been told often in the Victorian nursery of the Doyle family. Growing up in the 1830s, they were all gifted children, especially Richard, whose natural talent for draughtsmanship was matched by imaginative invention and a passion for legend and the grotesque. In 1842, when only eighteen, he created for his own delight a picture-book version of Jack The Giant Killer, writing the text by hand, and carefully placing on each page ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Series
Everyman's Library Children's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857155075
SKU
V9781857155075
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About Richard Doyle
Richard Doyle lives with his wife and child in Oxford
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