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  • Published: 10 November 1995
  • ISBN: 9780099295310
  • Imprint: Red Fox
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $22.99

Cautionary Verses




A gorgeous new edition of this hilarious classic anthology of moral instruction!

This omnibus of Belloc's stories is a feast of delightful tales told in rhyme - all with a dramatic moral twist in the tail. Are you prone to pulling faces, telling tales or bouts of extravagance? Yes? Then ignore these stories at your peril. If not, you might suffer a fate similar to those described in these cautionary tales.

  • Published: 10 November 1995
  • ISBN: 9780099295310
  • Imprint: Red Fox
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc was born in France and educated at Newman's Oratory School and at Balliol College, Oxford. From 1906 to 1910 he was Liberal MP for Salford and literary editor of the Morning Post. As well as writing books of verse and novels, he also wrote on religious, social and political topics.

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