The Blue Moon
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- English learners who want to try original English fairy tales and need short extensive reading material
- Literature lovers who enjoy the Victorian fairy-tale style
- Parents or teachers looking for English shared-reading material for children
- Readers accustomed to reading public-domain books on electronic devices
Not a good fit for
- Beginners who want a Chinese translation or detailed annotations
- Readers who prefer long, complex plots and a modern narrative pace
- Readers not interested in classical fairy-tale vocabulary and sentence patterns
Reading tips
- Read through once to follow the story, then read again to look up unfamiliar words and note recurring expressions.
- Read alongside other public-domain fairy tales to observe shared narrative features of the period.
- During shared reading, have the child retell each passage to aid comprehension of the English.
- Use the eBook's search function to mark characters and places and keep track of story threads.
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About the author
Laurence Housman (1865–1959) was a British writer, illustrator and playwright, and the younger brother of the poet A. E. Housman. He began his career as an illustrator and drew illustrations for collections of Tales from the Arabian Nights; he later rose to fame with his novel An Englishwoman's Love-Letters and wrote plays such as Angels and Ministers and Victoria, noted for their satirical touch, while actively supporting the women's suffrage movement. His subjects are often drawn from fairy tales, legends and Arabian stories, and his style is light and imaginative, combining the fantasy of fairy tales with the edge of satirical drama. Nine of his works are held in the collection, including Stories from The Arabian Nights, Princess Badoura, Moonshine & Clover and The Blue Moon, showing that his writing spans illustration, fiction and drama and made a distinctive place for itself in British letters from the late Victorian period into the twentieth century. Public information is limited, and no other biographical details are conjectured.
