Cautionary Tales for Children

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Cautionary Tales for Children is a darkly humorous collection of moralistic verses for children by Hilaire Belloc, satirizing traditional Victorian cautionary stories through exaggerated misfortunes and witty rhymes.

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instanceOf children's book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
satirical work ⓘ
author Hilaire Belloc ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1907 ⓘ
followedBy More Peers ⓘ
genre children's poetry ⓘ
comic verse ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasForm audio readings ⓘ
printed book ⓘ
hasIllustrations true ⓘ
hasPart Algernon, Who played with a Loaded Gun, and, on missing his Sister, was reprimanded by his Father ⓘ
Charles Augustus Fortescue, Who always did what was Right, and so accumulated an Immense Fortune ⓘ
Franklin Hyde, Who caroused in the Dirt and was corrected by his Uncle ⓘ
George, Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe of considerable Dimensions ⓘ
Godolphin Horne, Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and became a Boot-Black ⓘ
Henry King, Who chewed bits of String, and was early cut off in Dreadful Agonies ⓘ
Hildebrand, Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to Reason ⓘ
Jim, Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion ⓘ
Lord Lundy, Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political Career ⓘ
Matilda, Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death ⓘ
Rebecca, Who slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably ⓘ
illustrator Basil Temple Blackwood ⓘ
influenced later comic cautionary verse ⓘ
intendedAudience adults ⓘ
children ⓘ
isPartOf Hilaire Belloc's children's verse works ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryStyle rhymed verse ⓘ
narrativeTone darkly humorous ⓘ
ironic ⓘ
notableCharacter Henry King ⓘ
Jim ⓘ
Lord Lundy ⓘ
Matilda ⓘ
parodies Victorian moral tales ⓘ
didactic children's literature ⓘ
period Edwardian era ⓘ
publisher Duckworth & Co. ⓘ
linked to: Duckworth and Co.

E. P. Dutton & Co. ⓘ
linked to: E. P. Dutton
subjectMatter children's misbehavior ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ
theme exaggerated punishment ⓘ
mock morality ⓘ
social satire ⓘ

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