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The Devil's Storybook

Natalie Babbitt

4/5 ( ratings)

There are more ways than one to view the Devil and his works. In this collection of ten original stories, Natalie Babbitt offers us a middle-aged Old Scratch with a tender ego, proud of Hell and anxious for his reputation; a plotter at once pompous and naive who has a way of losing as often as he wins. Nothing metaphysical here--this devil, rather, has an all-too-human nature.

Some of his adventures in the World--for instance, his run-in with Walpurgis, a talking goat--are good for a laugh. Some, like the story of the clergyman who finds a demon's baby on the steps of the church, will leave readers thoughtful.

Language: English

Pages: 101

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Release: December 01, 1984

ISBN: 0374417083

ISBN 13: 9780374417086

The Devil's Storybook

Natalie Babbitt

4/5 ( ratings)

There are more ways than one to view the Devil and his works. In this collection of ten original stories, Natalie Babbitt offers us a middle-aged Old Scratch with a tender ego, proud of Hell and anxious for his reputation; a plotter at once pompous and naive who has a way of losing as often as he wins. Nothing metaphysical here--this devil, rather, has an all-too-human nature.

Some of his adventures in the World--for instance, his run-in with Walpurgis, a talking goat--are good for a laugh. Some, like the story of the clergyman who finds a demon's baby on the steps of the church, will leave readers thoughtful.

Language: English

Pages: 101

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Release: December 01, 1984

ISBN: 0374417083

ISBN 13: 9780374417086

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