The King of the Golden River (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: John Ruskin
- First Published: 1851
- Type of Work: Novella
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: Undefined, in old time
- Setting: A mythical country called Stiria
- Genres: Long fiction, Short fiction, Adventure, Fairy tale
- Subjects: Justice, Magic or magicians, Nature, Supernatural, Other worlds, Brothers, Good and evil, Rulers, Greed, Folklore, Rivers or waterways, Cruelty, Disasters, Natural disasters, Austria or Austrians, Wealth, Gold, Precious metals or stones, Fairy tales, Droughts, Wind
- Locales: Stiria (fictive)
The Plot
The King of the Golden River: Or, The Black Brothers, a Legend of Stiria was published anonymously in 1851, a decade after it had been composed for a twelve-year-old girl who would later become the authors wife. John Ruskin was one of the most influential critics of the Victorian era. This novella, his only work of fiction, is a moral tale in which nature punishes the cruel and rewards the compassionate.
Hans and Schwartz are the harsh and greedy masters of Treasure Valley, a fertile farm high in the mountainous region of Stiria. Gluck, their guileless...
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