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The cat's cradle-book;

The cat's cradle-book;

Fairy TalesFolklore
Pages
190
Published
1940
Language
English

Synopsis

This collection of short stories by Sylvia Townsend Warner reimagines classic fables and invents new ones, blending the whimsical with the darkly satirical. Readers will find tales populated by peculiar characters, strange enchantments, and a keen, often biting, wit. It's a unique journey into the fantastical and the human condition, told with elegant prose.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

WhimsicalDarkSatiricalThought-Provoking
Morally Grey

Genres

Fairy Tales Folklore Literary Fiction Magical Realism

About the author

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Sylvia Townsend Warner

Sylvia Townsend Warner was a highly individual writer of novels, short stories and poems. She contributed short stories to the New Yorker for more than forty years, translated Proust's Contre Saint-Beuve into English, wrote a biography of the novelist T.H.White and a guide to Somerset. ([Source][1].) Here's the Townsend Warner's bibliography for her: http://www.townsendwarner.com/bibliography.php I wonder if Open Library can match it! [1]: http://www.townsendwarner.com/biography.php