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Granny's Wonderful Chair

by Frances Browne & Arthur Arthur Augustus Dixon (Illustrator)

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: FictionJuvenile

"Granny's Wonderful Chair" by Frances Browne is a children's fantasy story written in the mid-19th century. The book centers around a little girl named Snowflower and her relationship with her grandmother, Dame Frostyface. In their quaint cottage, Snowflower discovers that her grandmother's old chair, blessed by a fairy, can tell stories and take her on adventures, promising delightful escapades filled with magic. At the start of the tale, we meet Snowflower, an exceptionally gentle and kind girl who lives in a modest cottage with her cantankerous but loving grandmother. When Dame Frostyface goes on a journey, she instructs Snowflower to ask their enchanted chair for stories and guidance whenever lonely. As Snowflower navigates her day-to-day life and the challenges that arise when her grandmother is away, she embarks on her first magical journey, facilitated by the chair. This opening sets the stage for a world where imagination thrives, and the bond between grandmother and granddaughter serves as the heart of the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description and “Magic” in the subject metadata.

    • Magic· via The Online Books Page
    • Magic· in description
    • Magic· in subject
  • Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page and project-gutenberg matched “Fairy tales”, “Tales”, and “tales”. Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata and “Tales” in the subject metadata.

    • Fairy tales· via The Online Books Page
    • Tales· via The Online Books Page
    • tales· via Project Gutenberg
    • Fairy tales· in subject
    • Tales· in subject

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Editions

3 editions cataloged here.

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1916

1916Source listed online copy

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1928

1928Source listed online copy

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2008-07-10Project GutenbergEnglishPublic domain (USA)

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Cataloging notes

  • Illustrators: Pyle, Katharine
  • Illustrators: Williams, Florence White, 1895?-1953
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1916
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1928
Catalog id
project-gutenberg:26018
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