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The 13 Clocks

James Thurber

Paperback | Pages: 128 pages

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Original Title:	The 13 Clocks
ISBN:	0440405823 (ISBN13: 9780440405825)
Edition Language:	English

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How can anyone describe this book? It isn't a parable, a fairy story, or a poem, but rather a mixture of all three. It is beautiful and it is comic. It is philosophical and it is cheery. What we suppose we are trying fumblingly to say is, in a word, that it is Thurber. There are only a few reasons why everybody has always wanted to read this kind of story: if you have always wanted to love a Princess; if you always wanted to be a Prince; if you always wanted the wicked Duke to be punished; or if you always wanted to live happily ever after. Too little of this kind of thing is going on in the world today. But all of it is going on valorously in The 13 Clocks.

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Title	:	The 13 Clocks
Author	:	James Thurber
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 128 pages
Published	:	February 1st 1992 by Yearling (first published 1950)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Childrens. Classics

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"Once upon a time, in a gloomy castle on a lonely hill, where there were thirteen clocks that wouldn't go, there lived a cold, aggressive Duke, and his niece, the Princess Saralinda..."This was a fast and fun romp. One part wicked to two parts whimsy, it's a book to delight all ages. Children will love the story, and adults will enjoy the more sophisticated humor and word play. If you know anything about James Thurber, (or maybe even if you don't), you'll appreciate how much fun he had writing

This little gem is 128 pages, the audio book taking only 1 hour and 26 minutes, yet the Kindle edition is set at a price of $11.99.That is completely outrageous.

In The Thirteen Clocks, a prince (disguised as a minstrel) attempts to win the hand of Saralinda, the niece of an evil Duke who keeps her prisoner while killing most of the suitors who try to win her hand by setting impossible tasks for them to accomplish. A crazy little guy (called the Golux) decides to help the prince in his quest.I liked this book, but here's what I got stuck on: Why did the Golux help this prince, and not the other ones? When it came down to it, the prince didn't really

Oh my god, "The 13 Clocks" is genius. How did this book stay off my radar for so long? Who can I blame? I only heard of the book because Neil Gaiman wrote an introduction (I think) to a new edition in which he highly praises "13 Clocks". I ordered a copy from the library (an older copy, without the Gaiman introduction...our library system doesn't have the new edition yet) and I read the entire text in about an hour, maybe a little less. "13 Clocks" reads like a lovely meld of "The Phantom

This was an interesting book to say the least. I'm still not sure exactly what the moral was supposed to be. Worth the read though, if only for the marvelous language and inventive characters.So, this gets four stars because I love Thurber and also because of this marvelous piece of alliteration:"The brambles and thorns grew thick and thicker in a ticking thicket of bickering crickets. Farther along and stronger, bonged the gongs of a throng of frogs, green and vivid on their lily pads. From the

If you're looking for a quirky, unpredictable fairy-tale, this will fit the bill! Lighthearted and with some comical twists on the fairy-tale genre, your family is sure to enjoy this adventurous tale that casts a wicked uncle, a bard and a princess that needs saving ... at least that's what it appears at first glance. Haha! This unique narrative includes some play on words and jumbled rhymes and prose to keep you on your toes until the happily ever after ending. Delightful illustrations

i picked this up in an independent book shop, knowing full well it wasn't really my thing. neil gaimain calls the 13 clocks, "probably the best book in the world" and that alone kind of solidified my feeling that i probably wouldn't like it. aaaand i was right.it's not so much that it was a bad book. it's just...for a certain crowd. if you like neil gaiman, or monty python or the princess bride and stuff like that, you will most likely enjoy this book. i don't much care for any of the