![]() ![]() ![]() But because they render Elisa's world in such quiet miniature, they bear little stylistic connection to the story. Kaila, with whom Hautzig collaborated on an edition of Thumbelina, favors delicate watercolors in misty hues of green and rose, with the deliberately flat look of early Renaissance religious art. The Wild Swans (Little Golden Book) Hardcover Picture Book, Jby Hans Christian Andersen (Author) 104 ratings 4.2 on Goodreads 3,454 ratings Part of: Little Golden Book (582 books) Kindle 1.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover from 22.00 1 Used from 22.00 Paperback 8.99 1 New from 8. Elisa's vows to learn patience and insistent goodness, meanwhile, strike a falsely inspirational note in the otherwise moving story. But because she delivers her account so thoroughly, taking the reader from Elisa's solitary journey to her meeting with the swans to her learning the secret of the stepmother's spell, from her imprisonment on charges of witchcraft to the eventual happy ending, her narration is a bit sluggish even by fairy-tale standards. In elaborate particulars Hautzig covers the evil queen's depredations and the loving princess's valiant quest to restore her brothers to human form. So begins this lengthy, sentimental retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's well-loved tale. A wicked stepmother has cast the beautiful princess Elisa out of the palace and turned Elisa's 11 brothers into swans. ![]()
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