J. J. Grandville ~5 hr read

The flowers-made-women continue their charming, allegorical adventures in human form, each blossom's nature revealed in a witty illustrated tale.

J. J. Grandville's 1847 'The Flowers Personified' (Volume 2) continues his gorgeous illustrated fantasy of flowers transformed into ladies. Whimsical, elegant, beautifully drawn. Read it for more of a delightful classic of illustrated fantasy, from a master caricaturist, in French.

In its time

Published in 1847, during the 1840s, mystery, mesmerism, and the proto-scientific tale in the age of poe and gautier.

Reading it

~5 hr read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Maubert