This 1851 picture book retells the old English tale of Jack the Giant-Killer, the Cornish farmer’s son who traps the giant Cormoran in a pit and goes on to defeat a whole race of giants with cunning, a coat of darkness and a sword of sharpness, and freeing a lady from the power of a wicked magician. Richard Doyle’s thirty-five drawings, engraved by the Dalziel brothers, accompany the text.
A handsome Victorian edition of a nursery favourite, short enough to read aloud in one sitting. Download the free EPUB.