The Brown Owl: A Fairy Story

The Brown Owl: A Fairy Story

ONCE upon a time, a long while agoin fact long before Egypt had risen to power and before Rome or Greece had ever been heard ofand that was some time before you were born, you knowthere was a king who reigned over a very large and powerful kingdom. Now this king was rather old, he had founded his kingdom himself, and he had reigned over it nine hundred and ninety-nine and a half years already. As I have said before, it was a very large kingdom, for it contained, among other things, the whole of the western half of the world. The rest of[2] the world was divided into smaller kingdoms, and each kingdom was ruled over by separate princes, who, however, were none of them so old as Intafernes, as he was called. Now King Intafernes was an exceedingly powerful magicianthat was why he had remained so long on the throne; for you must know that in this country the people were divided into two classesthose who were magicians, and those who werent. The magicians called themselves Aristocrats, and the others called themselves what they liked; also in this country, as in all other countries, the rich magicians had the upper hand over the rest, but still the others did not grumble, for they were not badly treated on the whole. Now of all the magicians in the country the King was the greatest, and no one approached him in magic power but the Chancellor, who was called Merrymineral, and he even was no match for the King. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 48860
Author: Ford, Ford Madox
Release Date: May 3, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893