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    Karel Capek Fairy Tales - With One Extra as a Makeweight and Illustrated by Joseph Capek
    Karel Capek Fairy Tales - With One Extra as a Makeweight and Illustrated by Joseph Capek
    Karel Capek Fairy Tales - With One Extra as a Makeweight and Illustrated by Joseph Capek
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    Karel Capek Fairy Tales - With One Extra as a Makeweight and Illustrated by Joseph Capek

    By Karel Capek and Josef Capek

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    Karel Capek Fairy Tales is a delightful collection of ten classic children's stories, written by Karel Capek. It is beautifully illustrated throughout, with striking black-and-white images of Karel's brother; Josef Capek. The narratives of 'Capek Fairy Tales' include: 'A Long Tale about a Cat', 'The Dogs' Tale', 'The Birds' Tale', 'The First Bandits' Tale', 'The Water Sprites' Tale', 'The Long Police Tale', and many more.

    Karel Capek (1890 - 1938) was a Czech writer, best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts and the play, R. U. R, which introduced the word, 'robot'. He maintained a close relationship with his brother Josef (1887 - 1945), and the two lived and worked together for most of their adult life. Together, the Capeks produced books and plays on themes as diverse as detective stories, full-novels, philosophy, fairy tale collections, theatre plays, and even a book on gardening.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateApr 16, 2013
    ISBN9781473381889
    Karel Capek Fairy Tales - With One Extra as a Makeweight and Illustrated by Joseph Capek
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    Karel Capek

    Karel Capek was born in 1890 in Czechoslovakia. He was interested in visual art as a teenager and studied philosophy and aesthetics in Prague. During WWI he was exempt from military service because of spinal problems and became a journalist. He campaigned against the rise of communism and in the 1930s his writing became increasingly anti-fascist. He started writing fiction with his brother Josef, a successful painter, and went on to publish science-fiction novels, for which he is best known, as well as detective stories, plays and a singular book on gardening, The Gardener’s Year. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature several times and the Czech PEN Club created a literary award in his name. He died of pneumonia in 1938.

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      I’d read this to my children without changing a single goddamn thing. except the sort of unnecessary racial descriptions and implied whiteness. Animated adaption?

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