Porcelain A Gothic Fairy Tale

Author : Benjamin Read
Publisher : Improper Books
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473365308

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Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale by Benjamin Read Pdf

Set within a world that’s a magical echo of our own, Porcelain is the story of Child, an urchin, who leaves behind the cold streets of a snowy city when she climbs the high wall into the Porcelain Maker’s garden. The Porcelain Maker discovers Child trespassing but, amused by her audacity, he offers her the chance to stay. He’s a lonely man, kept company only by his alchemically-powered automata, and he and Child form an unlikely friendship. Shut off from the world beyond the wall, Child wants or needs for nothing as the Porcelain Maker heaps affection and luxury upon her, indulging her like a daughter. In return, she can do as she pleases, except for one command, one rule that must never be broken, she must not look behind the workshop door.

Author : Benjamin Read
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781473365353

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Butterfly Gate by Benjamin Read Pdf

A Brother and Sister leave our world and its rules behind, journeying into legend through the Butterfly Gate, where every step they take will come at a price. Butterfly Gate follows the story of two siblings who, after throwing themselves headlong into another world, must face the brutal reality that lies beyond and find their place amidst an empire built after a revolution against the Gods. An ongoing, episodic, SF odyssey, Butterfly Gate is also a silent comic, conveying the story purely through its imagery.

Author : Delia Sherman
Publisher : Plume Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : PSU:000032462791

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The Porcelain Dove, Or, Constancy's Reward by Delia Sherman Pdf

Narrated by the family's chatterbox chambermaid, it is a rich, sinister, and funny novel of romance, sorcery, and aristocracy.

Author : Benjamin Read
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473365360

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Porcelain: Bone China by Benjamin Read Pdf

More than a decade has passed since the events of Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale, and Child has become Lady. Inheritor of all of Uncle’s secrets and wealth, she has continued his work, becoming equally as isolated in her quest to refine the Porcelain and put right past mistakes. With the Porcelain more sought after than ever, Lady comes to the attention of a ruthlessly ambitious General who desires inhuman soldiers for the war effort and won’t take no for an answer. Other, more human, problems rear their head when a handsome young Captain discovers a secret part of Lady’s life. Faced with impossible choices, Lady must forge her own path through the complexities of love and war.

Author : A S Byatt
Publisher : Random House
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448162796

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The Djinn In The Nightingale's Eye by A S Byatt Pdf

A S Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. Innumerable readers have asked for the two marvellous fairy tales in POSSESSION - 'The Glass Coffin' and 'Gode's Tale' of the Breton Naie des Trepasses - to be published seperately. Here they take their place with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings. The title story, 'The Djinn and the Nightingale's Eye', a long story about an Englishwoman in Turkey who unwittingly releases a genie from his bottle, is a reflection on women's lives, on magic and on the power of storytelling itself.

Author : Benjamin Read
Publisher : Improper Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473365315

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Night Post by Benjamin Read Pdf

At Midnight, when all good folk should be abed, the Night Post rides forth to serve the dead.’ – Victorian Children’s Verse Written by Benjamin Read and illustrated by Laura Trinder, Night Post is the story of the other mail service; the one you haven’t heard of, the one that starts work at midnight and delivers to all the creatures of the night. Whether ghost or ghoul, witch or werewolf, or just downright odd things with tentacles, they all have post and someone has to deliver it, no matter how terrifying it might be to do so. Night Post follows a very special type of postman on his round, as he delivers macabre mail to a spooky set of customers. From graveyard, to cave, tower to lair, the post must get through, even if the postman is sometimes mistaken for supper. Offering a fascinating glimpse into a midnight world, Night Post is a picture book suitable for Children of All Ages.

Author : Theodora Goss
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765389428

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Red as Blood and White as Bone by Theodora Goss Pdf

Red as Blood and White as Bone by Theodora Goss is a dark fantasy about a kitchen girl obsessed with fairy tales, who upon discovering a ragged woman outside the castle during a storm, takes her in--certain she’s a princess in disguise. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Tiffany McDaniel
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466890343

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The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel Pdf

Fielding Bliss has never forgotten the summer of 1984: the year a heat wave scorched Breathed, Ohio. The year he became friends with the devil. Sal seems to appear out of nowhere - a bruised and tattered thirteen-year-old boy claiming to be the devil himself answering an invitation. Fielding Bliss, the son of a local prosecutor, brings him home where he's welcomed into the Bliss family, assuming he's a runaway from a nearby farm town. When word spreads that the devil has come to Breathed, not everyone is happy to welcome this self-proclaimed fallen angel. Murmurs follow him and tensions rise, along with the temperatures as an unbearable heat wave rolls into town right along with him. As strange accidents start to occur, riled by the feverish heat, some in the town start to believe that Sal is exactly who he claims to be. While the Bliss family wrestles with their own personal demons, a fanatic drives the town to the brink of a catastrophe that will change this sleepy Ohio backwater forever.

Author : Kristen Loesch
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749028701

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The Porcelain Doll by Kristen Loesch Pdf

'A masterful debut' - Ellen Alpsten, author of TsarinaIn a faraway kingdom, in a long-ago land .... Rosie's only inheritance from her reclusive mother is a notebook full of handwritten fairy tales. But another story is lurking between the lines.Desperate for answers to questions that have tormented her for years, Rosie travels to Moscow and uncovers a devastating family history spanning the 1917 Revolution, Stalin's bloody purgesand beyond. At the heart of those answers stands a young noblewoman, as pretty as a porcelain doll, whose actions reverberate across the century .

Author : Benjamin Read
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473365346

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Briar by Benjamin Read Pdf

Set within a time of myth and fairy tale, Briar follows the story of Princess Layka, who seeks an end to the curse that keeps her shut off from the world. Trapped for years behind the enchanted barrier of the briar, she awaits her one true knight, who has been tasked with the quest to break the curse and set her free. By Benjamin Read & Chris Wildgoose, creators of the acclaimed Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale, Briar is inspired by European myth and folklore. It subverts the fairy tale tradition of the princess imprisoned behind a hedge of thorns, turning it into something dark, bittersweet, and original.

Author : Isak Dinesen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1132895164

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Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen Pdf

Author : Benjamin Read,Laura Trinder
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338569117

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The Midnight Hour by Benjamin Read,Laura Trinder Pdf

For fans of portal fantasies like Jessica Townsend's Nevermoor, Colin Meloy's Wildwood, and The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, and unlike so many other fantasies that introduce readers to a world of enchantment and wonder, The Midnight Hour is one filled with beasts and monsters for readers looking to shine their flashlights under the covers. When strange late-night letters start arriving at home, Emily's parents set off to investigate. But when her parents disappear completely and Emily is left home alone to face the weird strangers that begin to appear at her door, she takes all of the clues at her disposal and makes for the place where the letters came from -- the mysterious Night Post. What she'll discover is the secret world of the Midnight Hour -- a Victorian London frozen in time, full of magic and monsters. Kept safe by an age-old agreement, the Night Folk have been exiled to a parallel world that can only be accessed by a selected few, including the mail carriers of the infamous Night Post that operate between the two worlds. Emily's parents are key players in keeping the Night Folk safe, but when the division of the two worlds is threatened, Emily must search for her parents while navigating this dark and unknown version of London. Armed only with a packed lunch, her very sleepy pocket hedgehog, and her infamously big argumentative mouth, she must escape bloodthirsty creatures of the night, figure out her own family secrets, and maybe just save the world. This is a frightening and enchanting story, a world built out of creatures from our worst fears who become relatable, fully formed characters unlike any we've seen as these strangers of parallel worlds band together to save the day.

Author : Stuart Moore
Publisher : DC Ink
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781779500014

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Batman: Nightwalker (The Graphic Novel) by Stuart Moore Pdf

A ruthless new gang of criminals known only as Nightwalkers is terrorizing Gotham, and the city’s elite are being taken out one by one. On the way home from his 18th birthday party, newly minted billionaire Bruce Wayne makes an impulsive choice that puts him in their crosshairs and lands him in Arkham Asylum, the once-infamous mental hospital. There, he meets Madeleine Wallace, a brilliant killer…and Bruce’s only hope. Madeleine is the mystery Bruce must unravel, but is he convincing her to divulge her secrets, or is he feeding her the information she needs to bring Gotham City to its knees? Adapted by Stuart Moore and illustrated by Chris Wildgoose, this graphic novel presents a thrilling new take on Batman before he donned the cape and cowl.

Author : Wolf Burchard
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588397416

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Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts by Wolf Burchard Pdf

Pink castles, talking sofas, and objects coming to life: what may sound like the fantasies of Hollywood dream-maker Walt Disney were in fact the figments of the colorful salons of Rococo Paris. Exploring the novel use of French motifs in Disney films and theme parks, this publication features forty works of eighteenth-century European design—from tapestries and furniture to Boulle clocks and Sèvres porcelain—alongside 150 Disney film stills, drawings, and other works on paper. The text connects these art forms through a shared dedication to craftsmanship and highlights references to European art in Disney films, including nods to Gothic Revival architecture in Cinderella (1950);bejeweled, medieval manuscripts in Sleeping Beauty (1959); and Rococo-inspired furnishings and objects brought to life in Beauty and the Beast (1991). Bridging fact and fantasy, this book draws remarkable new parallels between Disney’s magical creations and their artistic inspirations.

Author : Mary M. Talbot,Kate Charlesworth,Bryan Talbot
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781616555474

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Sally Heathcote, Suffragette by Mary M. Talbot,Kate Charlesworth,Bryan Talbot Pdf

Follows the fortunes of a common housemaid swept up in the feminist militancy of early 20th century Edwardian Britain. As the growing hunger for change grows within a culture of rigid social mores and class barriers, Sally and thousands like her rise up to break the bonds of oppression at the risk of ostracization and violence.