FAMOUS CLASSIC

CHILDREN BOOKS IN
19TH CENTURY

Prepared by:
Pangilinan, Mark Redel T.
Grimm's Fairy Tales (1823)
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

The tales are about children and families and how

they reacted to the difficult conditions under which
they lived. The Grimms thought the stories and
their morals emanated naturally from the German
people in an oral tradition, and they wanted to
preserve them before the tales were lost forever.
The moral lesson in the story of the Grimm
brothers. The Brothers Grimm used a fearful
and hopeful tone, syntax and story details in
Aschenputtel to convey the moral of the
tale, “Virtue will be rewarded, Iniquity will
be punished”, while still upholding the
fairytale conventions.
Oliver Twist (1833)
Charles Dickens

One of the main themes of all Charles Dickens'

novels was how the poorest people in society
were treated the worst. This is one of the key
themes in Oliver Twist, where we can see the
failure of the workhouse system that was unable
to look after the poor and lonely orphans that
were in their care.
The moral of a story is the lesson that story
teaches about how to behave in the world.
Moral comes from the Latin word mores,
for habits. The moral of a story is supposed
to teach you how to be a better person. If
moral is used as an adjective, it means
good, or ethical.
A Christmas Carol (1843)
Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer

Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the
ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley
and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet
to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed
into a kinder, gentler man.
From the first ghost, the Ghost of Christmas Past,
Scrooge learns that the simple things in life like
love, friendship, and laughter hold value. Then
the Ghost of Christmas Present shows him that
those he considers foolish or beneath his notice
actually understand Christmas—and life—better
than he does.
The moral of A Christmas Carol is that the
pursuit of money will not make a person
happy. Scrooge devotes his life to
amassing wealth, but in doing so misses
out on the joys of family and friendship.
The King of the Golden River (1851)
John Ruskin

"The King of the Golden River" is a delightful fairy

tale told with all Ruskin's charm of style, his
appreciation of mountain scenery, and with his usual
insistence upon drawing a moral. None the less, it is
quite unlike his other writings. All his life long his pen
was busy interpreting nature and pictures and
architecture, or persuading to better views those
whom he believed to be in error, or arousing, with
the white heat of a prophet's zeal, those whom he
knew to be unawakened.
The purpose of the story is to depict how
children can be taught to understand
something more than mere mathematics,
how they can see some essential social
phenomena. The story also shows how
children perceive quite serious, so to speak,
difficult experiences.
The moral of a story is the lesson that
story teaches about how to behave in the
world. Moral comes from the Latin word
mores, for habits. The moral of a story is
supposed to teach you how to be a
better person.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1870)
Jules Verne

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea tells the

story of three men who go to sea in search of a
giant whale. They are taken prisoner on board the
world's first submarine – the Nautilus. The
Nautilus travels through the world's seas. The
men see amazing deep-sea creatures, and they
travel to remote islands.
The climax of the novel is the attack on
Nautilus. At this point, Professor Aronnax,
who has become horrified by Nemo and his
choice to sink the ship, decides to escape
with some of the men.

The main idea of Twenty Thousand Leagues

Under the Sea is that freedom comes in
many different forms and that without
contact with society, human beings can lose
their understanding of what's right and
what's wrong.
The Princess and the Goblin (1871)
George MacDonald

This is a lovely story of a little princess who

discovers she has a fairy grandmother, but no
one believes her. She soon runs into trouble
with goblins, but a boy name Curdie rescues
her. He then overhears a goblin plot and tries to
learn more. Instead, he gets captured, and the
little princes must rescue him.
The core of the book—made clear shortly
after the goblins reappear—is about faith,
about holding to your beliefs when you
know you are right, even if others, and
especially others who matter to you very
much—keep telling you that you are
wrong.
Through the Looking-Glass (1871)
Lewis Carroll

“You can't change the past, but you might learn

something from it.” As Alice travels thru time
and 'through the looking glass', she learns that
even though she can't change the past, she can
learn from her past to prevent similar mistakes
from happening in the future.
The moral of the story of Through the
Looking-Glass is, "Believe in the madness,
believe in the impossible."
Everything in Alice Through the Looking Glass
seems impossible, but it came to pass that it
all made some kind of logic in the end. Always
believe in the impossible.
The Prince and the Pauper (1881)
Mark Twain

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain tells the

story of Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales and King
Henry VIII's son and heir to his throne. He and a
pauper named Tom Canty switch clothing, and
everyone mistakes one of them for the other
because of their identical looks, laughing at
Edward's claims of being a prince.
The Prince and the Pauper teaches readers
lessons about empathy and happiness. By
walking in Tom's shoes, Edward realizes
how difficult life is for the poor. Up until
this point, he has been insulated from the
concerns of his subjects.
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