A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys: A Retelling of Greek Myths

Category Literature & Fiction
Format Paperback
Imprint Rupa
Price 295

ISBN: 978-93-5333-687-5
Pages: 208 pages
Date: 1st October 2019

ABOUT THIS BOOK

In A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys, Nathaniel Hawthorne, a superb storyteller, retells popular
Greek myths like The Gorgon’s Head, The Golden Touch, The Paradise of Children, Three Golden
Apples, The Miraculous Pitcher and The Chimera.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, and is known as one of the
best fiction writers of America. He was a master of the prose style, especially of allegorical and
symbolic tales, and this is clearly reflected in the characters he crafted and the psychological depths he imbued them with.