A Child's Dream of a Star (Illustrated Edition)

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Classics, Romance
Cover of the book A Child's Dream of a Star (Illustrated Edition) by Charles Dickens, Hammatt Billings, Illustrator, Steve Gabany
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Author: Charles Dickens, Hammatt Billings, Illustrator ISBN: 1230001437515
Publisher: Steve Gabany Publication: November 21, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Charles Dickens, Hammatt Billings, Illustrator
ISBN: 1230001437515
Publisher: Steve Gabany
Publication: November 21, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

This little tale, written in 1850 on a sudden impulse, is simple and unpretending; and it gains its beauty from this unpretentious simplicity.

This is a short story about a brother and sister who used to wonder about the stars all day long. On an ordinary day, one clear, shining star would appear before the rest, and every night they watched for it, standing hand in hand at a window. But while she was still very young, the sister died, breaking the little boy's heart. One day, when the star made long rays down toward him, he saw his sister's angel through his tears. But, throughout his life, his sister's angel told him it was not time to join her. He lived a long, full life, and it was not until the old man died was he able to rejoin his sister.

This edition of the book contains 12 original illustrations, rejuvenated.

Charles Dickens told one of his biographers that as a child he used to wander at night about a churchyard, near their home, with his sister. This sister died only two years before this poetic fantasy was written. Perhaps it was the sincerity of his grief for this lost sister which keeps this story as simple as it is in its sentiment.

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This little tale, written in 1850 on a sudden impulse, is simple and unpretending; and it gains its beauty from this unpretentious simplicity.

This is a short story about a brother and sister who used to wonder about the stars all day long. On an ordinary day, one clear, shining star would appear before the rest, and every night they watched for it, standing hand in hand at a window. But while she was still very young, the sister died, breaking the little boy's heart. One day, when the star made long rays down toward him, he saw his sister's angel through his tears. But, throughout his life, his sister's angel told him it was not time to join her. He lived a long, full life, and it was not until the old man died was he able to rejoin his sister.

This edition of the book contains 12 original illustrations, rejuvenated.

Charles Dickens told one of his biographers that as a child he used to wander at night about a churchyard, near their home, with his sister. This sister died only two years before this poetic fantasy was written. Perhaps it was the sincerity of his grief for this lost sister which keeps this story as simple as it is in its sentiment.

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