Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading

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Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading

by William Henry Giles Kingston

EN·~9 hours

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Language

en

Duration

~9 hours (523K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Release date

2007-11-21

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Orphans -- Juvenile fictionVoyages and travels -- Juvenile fictionSeafaring life -- Juvenile fictionGreat Britain. Royal Navy -- Juvenile fictionShipwrecks -- Juvenile fictionMissing children -- Juvenile fictionFishers -- England -- Juvenile fictionEngland -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction

About the author

William Henry Giles Kingston

William Henry Giles Kingston

1814–1880

Best known for fast-moving adventure stories for young readers, this Victorian writer filled his books with sea voyages, survival, and a strong sense of duty. He also helped bring popular European tales to English readers through translation and adaptation.

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