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The King of the Golden River
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A fairy tale by John Ruskin in which a kind youngest brother, Gluck, encounters the King of the Golden River after his cruel older brothers mistreat him. Suitable for readers interested in mythology, folklore, and classic Victorian children's literature.
John Ruskin
John Ruskin was an English polymath – a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, political economy, education, museology, geology, botany, ornithology, literature, history, and myth.
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