Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales
Juliana Horatia Ewing · 2025
72/100
👍 Worth It
What lifts Ewing above a standard Victorian reprint is that these are genuinely original stories — not retellings — built with real craft and a light moral touch that never feels preachy. The Victorian prose needs adult support for younger readers, and Ewing is obscure today, but families who love classic children's literature will find more here than they expect, especially since the Project Gutenberg edition is free.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety88
Substance / usefulness72
Craft & writing75
Originality78
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers75
Age-fit72
👁 Human-eye gut-check70
Penny’s verdict72
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