List Books Toward Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book (The Cottington Family’s Pressed Fairy Books)
| Original Title: | Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book |
| ISBN: | 1857933362 (ISBN13: 9781857933369) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Cottington Family’s Pressed Fairy Books, Lady Cottington |
| Characters: | Angelica Cottington, Quentin Cottington |
Terry Jones
Hardcover | Pages: 64 pages Rating: 4 | 15489 Users | 239 Reviews
Details About Books Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book (The Cottington Family’s Pressed Fairy Books)
| Title | : | Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book (The Cottington Family’s Pressed Fairy Books) |
| Author | : | Terry Jones |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 64 pages |
| Published | : | October 13th 1994 by Pavilion (first published 1994) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Art. Fiction. Humor. Childrens. Paranormal. Fairies |
Chronicle Concering Books Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book (The Cottington Family’s Pressed Fairy Books)
Based on the series of turn-of-the-century photos of the supposed “Cottingley Fairies”, Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book is definitely not a children’s book, but rather a morbid fantasy told through journal entries about a horrid imp of a girl who makes a hobby of crushing fairies in between the pages of her dairy. Designed to resemble a reproduction of the awful little girl’s actual journal, the book comes with dozens of wonderful drawings—courtesy of Brian Froud, the man behind the creature designs for the movies Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal—of fairies splattered across age-yellowed pages. Terry Jones of Monty Python renown is on writing duty, and he gleefully presents the Lady’s entries as a series of increasingly disturbing snapshots of the life she leads smooshing fairies, goblins, sprites, pixies, any pint-sized magical creature she can snap her book shut on like a trap. As the story unfolds, the Lady grows up into a lady and enters a grimmsian world of lusty lords, perverted bishops and a dark underpinning of carnality. A delightfully gloomy book; recommended for ages 6 and up.Rating About Books Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book (The Cottington Family’s Pressed Fairy Books)
Ratings: 4 From 15489 Users | 239 ReviewsCritique About Books Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book (The Cottington Family’s Pressed Fairy Books)
I just today remembered that this book existed. I read the whole thing standing in a used book store one afternoon shortly after it came out, and was more than a little disgusted by it. The art is lovely, but it was the concept that I found bothersome.Why?(view spoiler)[Because, yes, as an adult - I still believe in faeries. (hide spoiler)]A friend got it for me as a birthday gift not long after I read it, thinking that it would be perfect for faerie loving me, and I gave that grin that says toHaving raised my daughter on Cicely Mary Barker's flower fairy images and poems, this send-up had me rolling with laughter. The fairies are the faces of repressed and sometimes deviant sexual desire. The irony is rich and fun.
Based on the series of turn-of-the-century photos of the supposed Cottingley Fairies, Lady Cottingtons Pressed Fairy Book is definitely not a childrens book, but rather a morbid fantasy told through journal entries about a horrid imp of a girl who makes a hobby of crushing fairies in between the pages of her dairy. Designed to resemble a reproduction of the awful little girls actual journal, the book comes with dozens of wonderful drawingscourtesy of Brian Froud, the man behind the creature
How very disconcerting to turn the pages of this scrapbook-like tale, and find fairies literally pressed between the pages, much as someone would press a pansy picked in the lane by a lover. If you believe in fairies, this may upset you. If not, this may still upset you. Very entertaining text to go with the fairies, whose expressions when caught and slapped between the pages are very bizarre.
Just read this again because I accidentally ordered it when I meant to order the sequel, Lady Cottington's Fairy Album. Cux those titles aren't really similar or anything...
Based on the series of turn-of-the-century photos of the supposed Cottingley Fairies, Lady Cottingtons Pressed Fairy Book is definitely not a childrens book, but rather a morbid fantasy told through journal entries about a horrid imp of a girl who makes a hobby of crushing fairies in between the pages of her dairy. Designed to resemble a reproduction of the awful little girls actual journal, the book comes with dozens of wonderful drawingscourtesy of Brian Froud, the man behind the creature
I read this book when I was in middle school I think, but even now I look back at it as very well done and interesting. The entire book is full of "pressed fairies" that a young girl finds in her garden over a period in her life. The book is set up like a diary, and the illustrations are just beautiful. There is some nudity (as fairies aren't that modest), but that part of the book made it even more intriguing for a pre-pubescent as I was at the time. Really, it's nothing to get upset over as it
0 Comments