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The Rose and the RingWilliam Makepeace Thackeray

The Rose and the Ring

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Original author: William Makepeace Thackeray

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"The Rose and the Ring" by William Makepeace Thackeray is a satirical fantasy written in 1854. In the fictional kingdoms of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary, four royal cousins find their fates entwined with two magical gifts from the Fairy Blackstick—a ring and a rose that make their wearers irresistibly beautiful. As stolen thrones, mistaken identities, and enchanted love complicate courtly life, princes and princesses must navigate deception, exile, and even a den of lions before discovering their true destinies.

The Rose and the Ring, by William Makepeace Thackeray. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #897.

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19 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: Shows How the Royal Family Sate Down to Breakfast987 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: How King Valoroso Got the Crown, and Prince Giglio Went Without961 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: Tells Who the Fairy Blackstick Was, and Who Were Ever So Many Grand1,293 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: How Blackstick Was Not Asked to the Princess Angelica’s Christening692 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: How Princess Angelica Took a Little Maid1,231 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: How Prince Giglio Behaved Himself1,743 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: How Giglio and Angelica Had a Quarrel1,389 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: How Gruffanuff Picked the Fairy Ring Up, and Prince Bulbo Came to1,941 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: How Betsinda Got the Warming Pan1,350 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: How King Valoroso Was in a Dreadful Passion634 words
  1. 11.Chapter XI: What Gruffanuff DID to Giglio and Betsinda2,348 words
  2. 12.Chapter XII: How Betsinda Fled, and What Became of Her1,416 words
  3. 13.Chapter XIII: How Queen Rosalba Came to the Castle of the Bold Count Hogginarmo1,105 words
  4. 14.Chapter XIV: What Became of Giglio3,316 words
  5. 15.Chapter XV: We Return to Rosalba1,629 words
  6. 16.Chapter XVI: How Hedzoff Rode Back Again to King Giglio1,207 words
  7. 17.Chapter XVII: How a Tremendous Battle Took Place, and Who Won It2,344 words
  8. 18.Chapter XVIII: How They All Journeyed Back to the Capital1,607 words
  9. 19.Chapter XIX: And Now We Come to the Last Scene in the Pantomime998 words