The Rose and the Ring [LARGE PRINT] (Paperback)

by William Makepeace Thackeray (Author)

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Product Description
This clear print title is set in Tiresias 13pt font for easy reading --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author
Thackeray, an only child, was born in Calcutta. He studied at Cambridge, but, never a keen student, he left the University in 1830 to travel the continent. He began to study law but gave it up and squandered much of his inheritance on gambling and poor investments. He studied art in Paris, but he did not pursue that professionally either, except to illustrate his own novels.He was a successful novelist, earning the adulation of the very people he satirized. His death at 53 was unexpected. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: Sun Hill Rose and Briar Books; Largeprint edition (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930142307
• ISBN-13: 978-1930142305
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,918,998 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A great story, but a fraudulent edition, June 17, 2003

By	William H. Coffin (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Rose and the Ring, The (Hardcover)

The Rose and the Ring is a great classic. This edition, however, is an outright fraud. The original has rhyming couplets across the page tops, this edition omits them. The original has illustrations by Thackeray, who originally intended to pursue a career as an illustrator, but this edition omits them. It's like printing an Alice in Wonderland without the Tenniel drawings and with none of the songs. This edition is a waste of paper. Shame on Amazon for selling it! Now I have to return to the search for a real printing...

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Rose and The Ring, January 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Rose and the Ring (Hardcover)

This is a classic funny story that has stayed in my mind for 30 years. I first read it as a kid less than 10 and it was as wonderful and meaningful then as it is now.

The story of Giglio, Rosalba, Angelica and Bulbo casts a magic spell. Then of course there's Countess Gruffanuff.....

Classic's are classics with good reason.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great classic fairy tale, October 1, 2002

By	shiara the witch "Leah" (Marietta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This is a very funny and clever book that deals with the appeal and danger of beauty. It is a great book for all ages with some very well done illustrations through out the book. The bottom review is from the back of my copy of the book.

A magic rose and ring which make those in the possession of them attractive, togather with a mischiviouse fairy who adds, "a little misfurtone" to the lives of a prince and a princess, creat hilariouse complications on a unusual fairy story.