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Honey-Bee

Anatole France

Book Overview: 

A sweet fairy-tale, Honey-Bee tells the story of two children raised as brother and sister, but who are not. One day they venture out to find the lake where the nixies dwell, though they are forbidden to do so. On this ill-fated journey, young George is kidnapped by the nixies and little Honey-Bee is captured by the dwarves. The tale tells of their seven years in captivity, and has some lessons on morality and love.

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Book Excerpt: 
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"On a December night," said the old woman, "one of them came to ask permission to prepare a great midnight banquet in the kitchen of the castle, which, vaster than a chapter-house, was furnished with casseroles, frying-pans, earthen saucepans, kettles, pans, portable-ovens, gridirons, boilers, dripping-pans, dutch-ovens, fish-kettles, copper-pans, pastry-moulds, copper-jugs, goblets of gold and silver, and mottled wood, not to mention iron roasting-jacks, artistically forged, and the huge black cauldron which hung from the pothook. He promised neither to disturb nor to damage anything. I refused his request, and he disappeared muttering vague threats. The third night, it being Christmas, this same dwarf returned to the chamber where I slept. He was accompanied by innumerable others, who pulled me out of bed and carried me to an unknown land in my nightgown. 'Such,' they said as they left me, 'such is the punishment of the rich who refuse even a part o. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Bee and George are two children who were brought up like brother and sister, even though they knew they are not. And it’s clear they start to have feelings for each other. Bee then takes George on a little adventure, to a forbidden lake where Bee is unfortunately abducted and taken underground. The

Прелестна приказка с всички задължителни елементи - принцове и принцеси, подводно царство, джуджета, несметни богатства и вълшебства, написана на великолепен литературен език. Поуката е очевидна, но много деликатно поднесена -за стойността на истинското щастие и преходността на материалните богатств

Под въпрос е дали поредицата „Детски шедьоври от велики писатели” се харесва повече на малките читатели или пък на заклетите библиофили. Серията от малко познати (а понякога дори и апокрифни) приказни произведения на иначе всеизвестни и бележити автори бързо се превърна в истинско явление. След Джей

Очарователна история! И понеже първата ми среща с нея стана чак сега, когато съм на 42 години, се чувствам късметлийка :) Защото ми припомни колко обичам вълшебствата и приказките за любов, рицарство, русалки и джуджета! А илюстрациите на Любен Зидаров са един път!

This was a book that I chose to read to my children as a bedtime story. I would highly suggest reading it to your kids once they are old enough to both start reading themselves (and reading chapter books). The story itself is fairly simple and much in line with any other fairy-tale style story one m

This was an unexpected gem. As with all fairy tales there are elements of convenience but the love story is not the main component of the book. Honey-Bee and George grow up together and one fateful night (there's always a fateful night) walk out to the lake where George is taken prisoner by the beau

This is a sweet little tale of morality written in the early part of the 20th century by a French writer who takes obvious umbridge at how we teach our children the ways of greed over the ways of love. This is a refection of his social justice, best described by his Nobel biography, which I choose t

An absolutely stunning fairy tale with imagery as memorable, emotion as moving and language as lovely and poetic as Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid. To miss this adventure would be a true shame.

This book is one of my mother's favorite when she was a child and had been given to her by her own mother.

My mother decided to read it to me to make me discover a really beautiful treasure of the French literature.

"Abeille" is a very sweet fairy tale, written for children but very enjoyable for grow

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