The Master Key

ISBN-13: 9781544668598 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 154 str.

MR Lyman Frank Baum

Opis

The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale, Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity and the Optimism of Its Devotees is a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The protagonist is a boy named Rob Joslyn. Rob is an electrical experimenter whose father encourages him and sees that he -never lacked batteries, motors or supplies of any sort.- A -net-work sic] of wires soon ran throughout the house-. He loses track of the elaborately interconnected wires, and trying to get a cardboard house to light up, he -experimented in a rather haphazard fashion, connecting this and that wire blindly and by guesswork, in the hope that he would strike the right combination.- There is a bright flash, and a being who calls himself the Demon of Electricity appears. He tells Rob that he has accidentally -touched the Master Key of Electricity- and is entitled to -to demand from me three gifts each week for three successive weeks.- In 1901, the New York Times ran a brief notice calling it -a story for boys-all boys who love good wholesome adventure and exciting incident. It is a strange story of the electrical Demon, treating of powers that dominate all nature, and written for the eager, alert, and striving American boy.-, and revolutionary use of the new Technicolor. This classic title has been published by RADLEY BOOKS. Each RADLEY CLASSIC is a meticulously restored, luxurious and faithful reproduction of a classic book; produced with elegant text layout, clarity of presentation, and stylistic features that make reading a true pleasure. Special attention is given to legible fonts and adequate letter sizing, correct line length for readability, generous margins and triple lead (lavish line separation); plus we do not allow any mistakes/changes/additions to creep into the author's words.Visit RADLEY BOOKS at www.radleybooks.com (or search RADLEY CLASSIC on Amazon) to see more classic book titles in this series.