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_aThe House That Jack Built, a Game of Forfeits : _bTo Which is Added, the Entertaining Fable of "The Magpie" |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2007 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2007-12-15 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Suzan Flanagan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) | ||
| 520 | _a"The House That Jack Built; A Game of Forfeits" by Anonymous is a children's verse and illustrated book, likely written during the early 19th century. This engaging work introduces readers to a cumulative rhyme structure that narrates the story of a house built by a character named Jack, along with various interconnected characters and animals. The likely topic of the book centers on the whimsical sequence of events surrounding the home and its inhabitants. The storyline unfolds through a series of verses that describe Jack's house and the various characters associated with it. Each stanza builds upon the previous one, introducing elements such as a cat, a rat, and a dog, each causing a chain reaction of events that leads to increasingly humorous and chaotic situations. By the end, we meet a cast of characters including a maiden, a man, a priest, and even a cock, all intricately linked to Jack’s house. Additionally, the book features "The Magpie," a fable that shows the folly of the other birds as they attempt to learn nest building from the Magpie, ultimately realizing they have their own knowledge and abilities. This playful narrative style, along with engaging illustrations, makes the book an entertaining read for children and highlights themes of connection and community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aNursery rhymes | ||
| 653 | _aFables | ||
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