Collected Item: ““Hop O’ my Thumb.” George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library, London: Routledge and Sons, [1870s].”
Full bibliographic citation (MLA)
“Hop O’ my Thumb.” George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library, London: Routledge and Sons, [1870s].
Title of the complete book/anthology (not a single chapter/fairy tale)
George Cruikshank's Fairy Library
The name of the author or editor of the complete book/anthology (leave blank if none are listed)
George Cruikshank
Illustrator(s) of the book/anthology (leave blank if none are listed)
George Cruikshank
City where the book/anthology was published
London
The country where the book/anthology was published (use United States for US publications)
England
The publisher of the book/anthology (as written on the title page)
Routledge and Sons
Date of publication (or date range from the library catalog, if no dates are listed in the book)
1870-1879
The decade the book was published (use the drop down menu)
1870-1879
The fairy tale type (use the drop down menu)
Ogres and Giants
The author of the fairy tale/chapter (leave blank if none is listed). If there is only an author for the whole book/anthology listed, use that author again for this entry
George Cruikshank
What is special about this version of the tale?
Instead of acting as a main obstacle, the ogre in this tale ends up being the reason the protagonist and his family live happily ever after.
A brief summary of the plot that highlights any unique variations
- Hop-o’-My-Thumb hears that his parents are planning to leave him and his brothers to die as they can no longer support them
- Similar to the red riding hood tale, Hop-o’-My-Thumb goes out in search of food, leaving pebbles to find his way back
- He leaves breadcrumbs which get eaten by birds, causing him and his brothers to become lost in the woods
- An ogre finds the boys and offers them a place to rest, while secretly planning to kill them while they sleep
- Hop-o’-My-Thumb disguises the Ogre’s daughters as him and the brothers, which leads to the ogre accidentally killing his daughters
- The ogre becomes furious and uses his seven-league boots to catch up to the escaping boys
- When the ogre stops to rest, the brothers return home, and Hop-o’-My-Thumb steals the seven-league boots
- The Boots allow their family to become rich and live happily ever after
- Similar to the red riding hood tale, Hop-o’-My-Thumb goes out in search of food, leaving pebbles to find his way back
- He leaves breadcrumbs which get eaten by birds, causing him and his brothers to become lost in the woods
- An ogre finds the boys and offers them a place to rest, while secretly planning to kill them while they sleep
- Hop-o’-My-Thumb disguises the Ogre’s daughters as him and the brothers, which leads to the ogre accidentally killing his daughters
- The ogre becomes furious and uses his seven-league boots to catch up to the escaping boys
- When the ogre stops to rest, the brothers return home, and Hop-o’-My-Thumb steals the seven-league boots
- The Boots allow their family to become rich and live happily ever after
The original source of the fairy tale, if easily identifiable (Straparola, Basile, de Beaumont, Perrault, Grimm, etc.)
Charles Perrault
A link to a digital copy of the book
https://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/detail/UCBOULDERCB1~53~53~1098909~226797:George-Cruikshank-s-fairy-library?sort=title%2Cpage_order&qvq=sort:title%2Cpage_order;lc:UCBOULDERCB1~53~53&mi=12&trs=50
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