The Rose and the Ring (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
- First Published: 1855
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: Thousands of years in the past
- Setting: The kingdoms of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Love or romance, Other worlds, Rings, Princes or princesses, Talisman or magical object, Fairies
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
During a visit to Italy in 1854, William Makepeace Thackeray’s daughters persuaded him to draw the traditional characters for a Twelfth Night party held for the children in the English colony in Rome. Thackeray used the drawings as the basis for a fantastic story he told to Edith Story, who, like himself, was convalescing from malaria. In March he returned to the story, which became the last of his Christmas books.
All events in the story are influenced by a magic rose and ring, gifts from the Fairy Blackstick. The person in possession of either the rose or...
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