Ebook {Epub PDF} The 13 Clocks by James Thurber

 · James Thurber is best known as a writer and cartoonist for the New Yorker from until the s. Over that period, he also wrote five children's books. This is one of them, a short illustrated children's fantasy, although illustrated by Marc Simont rather than by Thurber himself. The 13 Clocks has a very traditional plot structure. A. item 7 The 13 Clocks by Thurber, James 7 -The 13 Clocks by Thurber, James. $ Free shipping. See all - All listings for this product. out of 5 stars based on 2 . How can anyone describe this book? It isn't a parable, a fairy story or a poem, but rather a mixture of all three. It is beautiful and it is comic. It is philosophical and it is cheery. What we suppose we are trying fumblingly to say is, in a word, that it is Thurber. There are only a few reasons why everybody has always wanted to read this kind of story, but they are basic: Everybody has 4/5(32).

The 13 Clocks and The Wonderful O. The Thirteen Clocks is a mixture of fairy tale, parable, and poetry. It has everything to please everybody. There is a princess in distress, a prince in disguise, a wicked uncle, and a last minute race between good and evil which is as exciting as any thriller. Buy a cheap copy of The 13 Clocks book by James Thurber. A giant of American humor makes his Penguin Classics debut with probably the best book in the world (Neil Gaiman, from the Introduction), in a stunning Deluxe Free Shipping on all orders over $ "The great New Yorker humorist James Thurber wrote a few children's books, the best of which may be The 13 Clocks [Marc Simont] provided beautifully cartoonish yet subtle mini-paintings that convey Clocks' varying moods of gloom, menace, surprise, and joy.".

The 13 Clocks: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Kindle edition by Thurber, James, Simont, Marc, Gaiman, Neil. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The 13 Clocks: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition). The 13 Clocks is light enough to read in a day or two, but also unique enough to stick with you for a lot longer than that. It seems like a typical fairy-tale conundrum: a wicked Duke is trying to prevent his niece, Princess Saralinda, from marrying, because he is always cold and her hand is the warmest in all the castle. The 13 Clocks is a fantasy tale written by James Thurber in , while he was completing one of his other novels. It is written in a unique cadenced style, in which a mysterious prince must complete a seemingly impossible task to free a maiden from the clutches of an evil duke. It invokes many fairy tale motifs.