The Giant-Killer - or the Battle Which All Must Fight
Charlotte Maria TUCKER (1821 - 1893)
MP3 CD
(IDB Productions, March 15, 2017)
Twins Constantine and Adolphus who are both 10 years old, are bothered to be sent out to a private teacher in the country. Their fate seems depraved when they got together with their host and his family, with his wife, his son Aleck - who fancies himself as the top student - and his two young daughters. Above it all, they are required to study. They almost have no time for playing and it looks like they could not even play outside with the farm animals, and the worst of all, they cannot eat a second dinner. This metaphorical story can be an artless, wonderful story or a moral lesson to all of us. The story is categorized as Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Family, and Religion. The Giant-Killer contains these meaningful chapters: The Arrival, First Impressions, Giant Sloth, Giant Selfishness, Giant Untruth, Trials And Troubles, Sunday At Dove's Nest, Giant Hate, Fair Gratitude, The Pleasure Excursion, The Prisoner In Darkness, and Giant Pride. Charlotte Maria Tucker was an outstanding author and poet both for children and grownups, who wrote using the pen name A.L.O.E., or, A Lady of England. In her later years, she volunteered to serve as a missionary in India, where she died. Charlotte Tucker was born at Friern Hatch near Friern Barnet, Middlesex. She was the daughter of Henry St George Tucker who was twice elected chairman of the British East India Company, and his wife Jane Boswell, the daughter of an Edinburgh author of the signet. Her family fled to London in 1822. Her father was also a writer, he wrote books of Tragedies: Harold and Camoens. Most of Charlotte's very inspiring novels are situated in India. A few were interpreted into Indian dialects. She worked in India as a volunteer missionary to Amritsar, Punjab, through the Indian Female Normal School and Instruction Society.