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Mopsa the Fairy

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By Jean Ingelow
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A linked series of fairy tales opens when a curious boy discovers a tiny fairy child in a hawthorn tree, then follows her through a sequence of episodic adventures that blend domestic life and enchanted happenings. Chapters range from light-hearted lessons and alphabet learning to encounters with uncanny creatures, seaside and riverside imagery, parties and narrow escapes from capricious forces such as Old Mother Fate, and a quest centered on a royal wand. The tone mixes whimsy and gentle moral instruction, emphasizing childhood wonder, kindness, and the porous boundary between human and fairy worlds.

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Title: Mopsa the Fairy

Author: Jean Ingelow

Illustrator: Dora Curtis

Release date: January 3, 2022 [eBook #67087]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1919

Credits: Juliet Sutherland, Shaun Mudd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MOPSA THE FAIRY ***

EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY
EDITED BY ERNEST RHYS

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

MOPSA THE FAIRY

BY JEAN INGELOW

THIS IS NO. 619 OF EVERYMAN’S
LIBRARY. THE PUBLISHERS WILL
BE PLEASED TO SEND FREELY TO ALL
APPLICANTS A LIST OF THE PUBLISHED
AND PROJECTED VOLUMES, ARRANGED
UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS:

TRAVEL ❦ SCIENCE ❦ FICTION
THEOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY
HISTORY ❦ CLASSICAL
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
ESSAYS ❦ ORATORY
POETRY & DRAMA
BIOGRAPHY
REFERENCE
ROMANCE

IN FOUR STYLES OF BINDING: CLOTH,
FLAT BACK, COLOURED TOP; LEATHER,
ROUND CORNERS, GILT TOP; LIBRARY
BINDING IN CLOTH, & QUARTER PIGSKIN

London: J. M. DENT & SONS, Ltd.
New York: E. P. DUTTON & CO.

THIS IS FAIRY GOLD, BOY; AND ’TWILL PROVE SO
SHAKESPEARE

MOPSA The
FAIRY
BY JEAN
INGELOW

EVERY MAN I WILL GO WITH THEE & BE THY GVIDE

IN THY MOST NEED TO GO BY THY SIDE

LONDON & TORONTO
PUBLISHED BY J·M·DENT
& SONS Ltd & IN NEW YORK
BY E·P·DUTTON & CO

First Issue of this Edition 1912
Reprinted 1919

THE
Temple Press Letchworth
ENGLAND