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The Haunted Wood

By Sam Leith

The Haunted Wood

By Sam Leith

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*A Sunday Times, Irish Times, Financial Times, Independent, Daily Mail, TLS, Economist, Prospect, Evening Standard and New Statesman Book of the Year 2024* Can you remember the first time you fell in love with a book? The stories we read as children matter. The best ones are indelible in our memories; reaching far beyond our childhoods, they are a window into our deepest hopes, joys and anxieties. They reveal our past - collective and individual, remembered and imagined - and invite us to dream up different futures. In a pioneering history of the children's literary canon, The Haunted Wood reveals the magic of childhood reading, from the ancient tales of Aesop, through the Victorian and Edwardian golden age to new classics. Excavating the complex lives of our most beloved writers, Sam Leith offers a humane portrait of a genre and celebrates the power of books to inspire and console entire generations. *** 'A MARVEL' PHILIP PULLMAN 'A DELIGHT' JULIA DONALDSON 'GLORIOUSLY ENTERTAINING' TOM HOLLAND
Product details
Number of Pages:
578
Release Date:
2024-09-05
Publication Date:
2024-09-05
Publisher:
Oneworld Publications
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0861548183
ISBN13:
9780861548187
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
850 g
Height:
159 cm
Width:
241 cm
Thickness:
53 cm
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