by Robert Browning · Ladybird Books · tapa dura · ISBN 9780721408477
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«The Pied Piper of Hamelin» is the children's adaptation of Robert Browning's poem rewritten by Rose Impey, published by Ladybird in hardback (52 pages).
In the town of Hamelin, a plague of rats has overwhelmed the inhabitants; neither cats nor dogs can get rid of them. A mysterious piper, with his music, offers to free the town of the plague, but when he claims his reward things do not go as he expected.
Number 15 of the Well Loved Tales Grade 2 collection, Ladybird's series for easy reading.
Edition aimed at children aged 7 and up who are starting to read in English.
Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterisation, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax.
