The King of the Golden River

from AbigailAdams26

First written in 1842, and published in 1851, this original fairytale by the nineteenth-century art critic John Ruskin takes as its inspiration the classic folkloric trope of three brothers who all embark upon the same quest. Not surprisingly, the three meet very different fates when they attempt...

from antiquary

A fairytale in traditional form with two bad brothers and a good brother and a warning against greed. As a child, I thought it was all right but rather heavily didactic. I am ashamed to say I think it is the only work of Ruskin I have ever read. My father was (among other things) a real Ruskin sc...

from AltheaAnn

*JOHN RUSKIN, 'The King of the Golden River'This is the only work of fiction that the prolific and multi-talented Ruskin wrote. However, it manages to encapsulate a great many of the ideals that we think of today, when we think of Ruskin. It has the emphasis on 'Christian' mercy and charity, gene...

from juniperSun

Not a bad moral tale, but the words were too uncommon for easy understanding by younger children. Gluck meekly obeys his brothers commands, is beaten by them when he doesn't, but still has a good heart. His brothers are turned to stone when they try to take shortcuts to gold and ignore pleas for ...

from momma2

The title of the first chapter is "How the Agricultural System of the Black Brothers was Interfered with by the Southwest Wind, Esquire" and so I wasn't sure how well this title would be received by Ashlyn. She loved it! She couldn't put it down and kept wanting to read more and more. I truly exp...