The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Browning, Robert

ISBN 10: 0517093472 / ISBN 13: 9780517093474

Editore: Random House Value Publishing, 1993

Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Codice articolo D07N-00880

Riassunto:

After saving the town of Hamelin from a plague of rats, a poor piper expects recompense, and when it is not forthcoming, he steals the townsfolk's children, in an illustrated edition of the classic Browning work.

L'autore: Robert Browning (1812-1889) was born in Camberwell, London, the son of a clerk in the Bank of England. The strongest influence on his education were the books in his father's extensive library, particularly the writings of Byron and Shelley. His dramatic poem Paracelsus, published in 1835, established his reputation and brought him the friendship of the actor-manager William Macready. When Macready's eldest son Willie was ill in bed, Browning wrote for the boy's entertainment the poem of The Pied Piper, a story he remembered from his own childhood. After its appearance in print in 1842, it became a children's classic, attracting new illustrators in every generation.

In 1846 Robert Browning married a fellow poet, Elizabeth Barrett, eloping with her to Italy where they lived until Elizabeth's death in 1861. He them returned to England to live with his only sister Sarianna, but later he went back to Italy, where he died at the Rezzonico Palace in Venice.

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Titolo: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Casa editrice: Random House Value Publishing
Data di pubblicazione: 1993
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good