Laurence Housman 1 hr 14 min read

'Be kindly to the weary drover and pipe the sheep into the clover': the tale of the Bound Princess and other wonders unfolds in a garland of literary fairy tales.

Laurence Housman's 1898 collection is a lyrical, beautifully wrought book of fairy tales, engraved by Clemence Housman. Elegant, imaginative, tenderly told. Read it for a garland of gentle wonder-tales from a master of the form, the six-part story of the Bound Princess and other marvels, in Housman's exquisite storybook voice.

In its time

Published in 1968, during the 1960s, new wave revolutionizes the genre.

Reading it

1 hr 14 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).

Illustrated by

Clemence Housman