Laurence Housman 1 hr 38 min read

Since they tumbled into the same cradle it has been love at first blindness, the peasant boy Hands and the girl Nillywill, who is secretly a real princess, kicking their way into each other's hearts.

Laurence Housman's 1904 book is a whimsical, lyrical collection of literary fairy tales for children. Charming, tender, beautifully told. Read it for a garland of gentle wonder-tales from a master of the form, a hidden princess, a good-hearted peasant boy, and the sweet magic of first love, under a blue moon.

In its time

Published in 1904, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

1 hr 38 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).