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Eunice Fuller
Best known for a warm, unusual children’s fantasy from 1914, this early-20th-century writer imagined giants as gentle, companionable beings rather than monsters. Her work still reaches new readers through public-domain editions and modern reprints.
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The book of friendly giants
by Eunice Fuller
About the author
Very little biographical information about Eunice Fuller is easy to confirm online, but her name is firmly connected to The Book of Friendly Giants, published by The Century Company in 1914. The Project Gutenberg edition credits the book to Eunice Fuller, with introductory verses by Seymour Barnard and drawings by Pamela Colman Smith.
The book stands out for turning a familiar fairy-tale idea on its head: instead of fearsome giants, it offers kind and friendly ones. That imaginative, reassuring approach helps explain why the story has remained of interest long after its original publication.
Today, Fuller is remembered mainly through that surviving work, which is available from Project Gutenberg and has also been preserved in library and archive collections. Beyond that, reliable details about her life remain scarce, so her reputation rests above all on the charm and originality of her children’s writing.