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When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.
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Classical in form, earnest, warm and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Arthur Michell Ransome
- First published
- 1968
- Pages
- 48
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780374324438
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“There were once upon a time an old peasant and his wife, and they had three sons.”
An English author and journalist, best known for writing the <i>Swallows and Amazons</i> series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of children (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ransome>Wikipedia</a>).
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