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The Rose and the Ring
In the fictional kingdoms of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary, four royal cousins find their fates entwined with two magical gifts from the Fairy Blackstick—a ring and a rose that make their wearers irresistibly beautiful.
"The Rose and the Ring" by William Makepeace Thackeray is a satirical fantasy. In the fictional kingdoms of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary, four royal cousins find their fates entwined with two magical gifts from the Fairy Blackstick—a ring and a rose that make their wearers irresistibly beautiful.
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This is Valoroso XXIV., King of Paflagonia, seated with his Queen and only child at their royal breakfast-table, and receiving the letter which announces to His Majesty a proposed visit from Prince Bulbo, heir of Padella, reigning King of Crim Tartary. Remark the delight upon the monarch’s royal features. He is so absorbed in the perusal of the King of Crim Tartary’s letter, that he allows his eggs to get cold, and leaves his august muffins untasted.
‘What! that wicked, brave, delightful Prince Bulbo!’ cries Princess Angelica; ‘so handsome, so accomplished, so witty—the conqueror of Rimbombamento, where he slew ten thousand giants!’
‘Who told you of him, my dear?’ asks His Majesty.
‘Poor Giglio!’ says mamma, pouring out the tea.
‘Bother Giglio!’ cries Angelica, tossing up her head, which rustled with a thousand curl-papers.
‘I wish,’ growls the King—‘I wish Giglio was. . .’
‘Was better? Yes, dear, he is better,’ says the Queen. ‘Angelica’s little maid, Betsinda, told me so when she came to my room this morning with my early tea.’
‘You are always drinking tea,’ said the monarch, with a scowl.
‘It is better than drinking port or brandy and water;’ replies Her Majesty.
Contents
- 01The Rose and the Ring
- 02I. Shows How the Royal Family Sate Down to Breakfast
- 03II. How King Valoroso Got the Crown, and Prince Giglio Went Without
- 04III. Tells Who the Fairy Blackstick Was, and Who Were Ever So Many Grand Personages Besides
- 05IV. How Blackstick Was Not Asked to the Princess Angelica’s Christening
- 06V. How Princess Angelica Took a Little Maid
- 07VI. How Prince Giglio Behaved Himself
- 08VII. How Giglio and Angelica Had a Quarrel
- 09VIII. How Gruffanuff Picked the Fairy Ring Up, and Prince Bulbo Came to Court
- 10IX. How Betsinda Got the Warming Pan
- 11X. How King Valoroso Was in a Dreadful Passion
- 12XI. What Gruffanuff Did to Giglio and Betsinda
- 13XII. How Betsinda Fled, and What Became of Her
- 14XIII. How Queen Rosalba Came to the Castle of the Bold Count Hogginarmo
- 15XIV. What Became of Giglio
- 16XV. We Return to Rosalba
- 17XVI. How Hedzoff Rode Back Again to King Giglio
- 18XVII. How a Tremendous Battle Took Place, and Who Won It
- 19XVIII. How They All Journeyed Back to the Capital
- 20XIX. And Now We Come to the Last Scene in the Pantomime
About this edition
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 76 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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