Ebook {Epub PDF} Once on a Time by A.A. Milne

Once on a Time - Kindle edition by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), Robinson, Charles. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Once on a www.doorway.ru by: 1.  · Once On a Time by A.A. Milne was introduced by the author with the note that: This is not a children’s book. I do not mean by that ’Not for children’, which has an implication all its own. Nor do I mean that children will be unable to appreciate it But what I do mean is that I wrote it for grown-ups. More particularly for two grown-ups. A. A. Milne PREFACE This book was written in , for the amusement of my wife and myself at a time when life was not very amusing; it was published at the end of ; was reviewed, if at all, as one of a parcel, by some brisk uncle from the Tiny Tots Department; and died quietly, without seriously detracting from the interest which was being taken in the World War, then in progress.

A. A. Milne. Alan Alexander Milne (/ mɪln /; 18 January - 31 January ) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Buy Once on a Time from the Tygertale Vintage Etsy shop "This is an odd book," A.A. Milne wrote in (long before Pooh bear) of his "Fairy Story for grown-ups." In a later edition he was still finding it hard to classify. "But, as you see, I am still finding it difficult to explain. Once On A Time by Milne, A.A. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), Illustrator: Robinson, Charles, Title: Once on a Time Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Fantasy literature Subject: Humorous stories Category: Text: EBook-No. Release Date: : Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA. Downloads. So begins Once on a Time (), A. A. Milne ‘s charming and funny fairy tale sendup. In it, a war is started over one king leaping over another king’s land in his seven-league boots, a bad wish is wished (as well as a good one), lovers meet, and a slightly wicked countess plots to steal the kingdom’s wealth. Once On A Time is a fairy tale by English writer A. A. Milne. Written in , Milne's introduction begins "This is an odd book". Ostensibly a typical fairytale, it tells the story of the war between the kingdoms of Euralia and Barodia and the political shenanigans which take place in Euralia in the king's absence, all supposedly rewritten by Milne from the writings of the fictional historian "Roger Scurvilegs".