THE MAGIC FISHBONE

THE MAGIC FISHBONE - BY CHARLES DICKENS - ILLUSTRATED BY F. D. BEDFORD - - A GUNSTON CLASSIC


The Magic Fishbone is a short holiday children's book written by Charles Dickens in 1867, who pretended that it was written by Miss Alice Rainbird, age 7. The book was one of four so-called "holiday romances." A Christmas Carol being one of the those comprising this group, (A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and Ghost's Bargain), published in a children's magazing in the United States, and then reprinted in the British magazine called "All the Year Round". A charming story of Princess Alicia, who is given a magical fishbone by her fairy godmother and graciously uses the magic to improve the fortune of her parents, the King and Queen, and her eighteen brothers and sisters.
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THE MAGIC FISHBONE

THE MAGIC FISHBONE - BY CHARLES DICKENS - ILLUSTRATED BY F. D. BEDFORD - - A GUNSTON CLASSIC


The Magic Fishbone is a short holiday children's book written by Charles Dickens in 1867, who pretended that it was written by Miss Alice Rainbird, age 7. The book was one of four so-called "holiday romances." A Christmas Carol being one of the those comprising this group, (A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and Ghost's Bargain), published in a children's magazing in the United States, and then reprinted in the British magazine called "All the Year Round". A charming story of Princess Alicia, who is given a magical fishbone by her fairy godmother and graciously uses the magic to improve the fortune of her parents, the King and Queen, and her eighteen brothers and sisters.
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THE MAGIC FISHBONE - BY CHARLES DICKENS - ILLUSTRATED BY F. D. BEDFORD - - A GUNSTON CLASSIC


The Magic Fishbone is a short holiday children's book written by Charles Dickens in 1867, who pretended that it was written by Miss Alice Rainbird, age 7. The book was one of four so-called "holiday romances." A Christmas Carol being one of the those comprising this group, (A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and Ghost's Bargain), published in a children's magazing in the United States, and then reprinted in the British magazine called "All the Year Round". A charming story of Princess Alicia, who is given a magical fishbone by her fairy godmother and graciously uses the magic to improve the fortune of her parents, the King and Queen, and her eighteen brothers and sisters.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798855666694
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 11/15/2023
Pages: 38
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.08(d)
Age Range: 6 - 8 Years

About the Author

About The Author

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870)

An English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
Writings: A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, No Thoroughfare, The Frozen Deep, A Christmas Carol, Little Dorrit, Nicholas Nickleby, Bleak House, The Pickwick Papers, Hard Times, Dombey and Son, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth,

DICKEN'S FIVE CHRISTMAS STORIES
1. A CHRISTMAS CAROL
2. THE CHIMES
3. THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
4. THE BATTLE OF LIFE
5. THE HAUNTED MAN AND GHOST'S BARGAIN

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington
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