Tale of Years

1837

in The Copy Book

The Princess on the Pea

A fastidious prince felt he deserved a girl of royal refinement, and he certainly found one.

Bird’s Custard

Alfred Bird’s wife could eat neither eggs nor yeast. So being a Victorian, Alfred put his thinking-cap on.

The Story of ‘Oliver Twist’

Fate and a vicious professional thief named Fagin conspire to trap orphan Oliver Twist into a life of crime.

The Emperor’s New Clothes

A telling satire on fashionable thinking among the elite.