Our collection showcases classic fairy tales, children’s stories, and the work of some of the most celebrated artists, illustrators and authors. Pook Press celebrates the great ’Golden Age of Illustration’ in children’s literature - a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration from the 1880s to the 1930s. Presented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine and elucidate Evan’s enchanting storytelling. Throughout his career, he developed a unique style, combining haunting humour with dream-like romance. Rackham’s artistry is quite simply, unparalleled. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)is one of the most celebrated painters of the British Golden Age of Illustration (which encompassed the years from 1850 until the start of the First World War). This story of The Sleeping Beauty is further told with Rackham’s wonderfully intricate black-and-white and colour silhouette illustrations. It is a tale sure to delight both young and old - unique in its truly captivating narrative. His version of Sleeping Beauty is similarly thought-through. Evans expanded Charles Perrault’s original story of Cendrillon ou, La Petite Pantoufle de verre, and followed the later version recorded by the Brothers Grimm in giving his heroine the name of Briar-Rose. He wrote this version of The Sleeping Beauty as a companion volume to Cinderella, also illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Charles Seddon Evans (1883 - 1944) was an immensely well respected writer, editor and folklorist, who brings this magical story to life. Evans, and illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 00 Cover of The Sleeping Beauty 1920.jpg 389 × 550 182 KB Arthur Rackham Sleeping Beauty 01.
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The tale of The Sleeping Beauty is here retold by C. From Sleeping Beauty, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, from 1920.
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