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Guilt and Gingerbread

Guilt and Gingerbread

Children's BooksFairy Tales
Pages
70
Published
1984
Language
English

Synopsis

Giorgio, a poor but handsome student, sets out on a quest to win the hand of the rich and kind Princess Charlotte. Along his journey, he encounters an old woman who offers to help him, but at a sinister price: he must bring her the Princess's golden heart.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

WhimsicalAdventurous
Quest

Genres

Children's Books Fairy Tales Fantasy Romance

Authors

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Fritz Wegner

Fritz Wegner is the author of the memorable book, Guilt and Gingerbread. His stories often explore complex situations with a distinctive voice. Readers enjoy his unique approach to storytelling.

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Leon Garfield

Leon Garfield was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for children's historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. Garfield's novels for children all have historical settings, mainly in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The novels were greatly influenced by both Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson. Garfield wrote his first book, the pirate novel _Jack Holborn_, for adult readers, but an editor saw its potential as a children's novel and persuaded Garfiel...

Characters

GiorgioProtagonist
All characters in Guilt and Gingerbread