Gaspar’s uncle brings home chessmen, porcelain and tales from China, until the boy cannot bear his commonplace village and sets out with an oaken dagger to conquer the world. His adventure opens a collection of fanciful stories, including the violet flame, Floribel, the Lady Intelletta, Venus’s dove, a gala day and a little play about earning one’s own living.
Graceful fairy tales of the 1850s from the circle of the New England Transcendentalists. Download the free EPUB.