Publisher: Penguin

Copyright Date: 2016

Edition Date: 2016 Release Date: 08/02/16

Illustrator: Simont, Marc,

Pages: xiv, 108 pages

ISBN: 0-14-311014-4

ISBN 13: 978-0-14-311014-9

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2016019449

Dimensions: 22 cm.

Subject Heading:
Clocks and watches. Fiction.
Time. Fiction.
Uncles. Fiction.
Princesses. Fiction.
Minstrels. Fiction.

Language: English

Reading Level: 4.9

Interest Level: 4-7

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 Edition featuring the original, full-color illustrations
 
The hands of all thirteen clocks stand still in the gloomy castle on a lonely hill where a wicked Duke lives with his niece, the beautiful Princess Saralinda. The Duke fancies he has frozen time, for he is afraid that one day a Prince may come and win away the hand of the Princess—the only warm hand in the castle. To thwart that fate, he sets impossible tasks for Saralinda’s suitors. But when the bold Prince Zorn of Zorna arrives, disguised as a wandering minstrel, and helped by the enigmatic Golux, the cold Duke may at last have met his match.

Since it was first published in 1950, James Thurber’s sublimely whimsical fairy tale of love forestalled but ultimately fulfilled has delighted readers of all ages. It is published here with Marc Simont’s enchanting, full-color illustrations from the first edition.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.