Name: A Child's Garden of Verses: With Color Illustrations by Jessie Wilcox Smith
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Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis ; Smith, Jesse Willcox
ISBN: 9781646794218

portada A Child's Garden of Verses: With Color Illustrations by Jessie Wilcox Smith

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Jesse Willcox Smith

Publisher

Cosimo Classics

Language

English

Pages

190

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.35 kg.

ISBN13

9781646794218

Synopsis "A Child's Garden of Verses: With Color Illustrations by Jessie Wilcox Smith"

"The rain is falling all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea."-Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of VersesA Child's Garden of Verses (1885) by Robert Louis Stevenson is unique among the many books for children that Robert Louis Stevenson has left us. In addition to the quality of Stevenson's poetry itself, the book is characterized by the sensitivity Stevenson showed in writing on themes that are especially important to children, such as the imaginative life of the child; the loneliness of being young, and the beauty of nature. If reading to their children or just for their own pleasure, adults may also be pleased the author has not forgotten their concerns, thoughtfully including moral reminders to children! This beautiful version includes all 65 poems published in the original 1905 edition and remarkable color illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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(Edimburgo, 1850 - Samoa, 1894) Novelista, cuentista, poeta y ensayista británico. Ingresó en la Universidad de Edimburgo cuando tenía dieciséis años para poder seguir los pasos de su padre y convertirse en ingeniero de faros, de lo cual desistiría. Sus estudios de náutica, le permitieron entrar en contacto con las gentes y costumbres marineras, ingredientes fundamentales en algunas de sus obras más conocidas. Su famosa obra, La Isla del tesoro, la publicó bajo el seudónimo de Captain George North en 1881. En 1886, llegaría El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde, uno de los grandes clásicos de la literatura. Murió en la Isla de Samoa, en su casa, Vailima.

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