Jean Ingelow 1 hr 27 min read

The Ouphe of the Wood, The Prince's Dream, The Fairy Who Judged Her Neighbors, a garland of gentle, imaginative fairy tales spun from an enchanted wonder-box.

Jean Ingelow's 1902 collection gathers lyrical wonder-tales for children. Graceful, whimsical, gently wise. Read it for charming Victorian fairy stories from a beloved poet, dreamlike, kindly tales of fairies, princes, and marvels, told with real literary artistry, a warm treasury in the great tradition of the artistic children's fairy tale.

In its time

Published in 1902, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

1 hr 27 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

Diantha W. Horne