Billy the King

3 Responses to Billy the King

1. docjim505 says:

   October 16, 2012 at 5:24 pm

   Thanks for the tip. Nice little story, somewhat in the vein of “Narnia”.

   And it’s about time somebody used a (more or less!) modern weapon to dispose of a pesky dragon!
   • Oleg Volk says:

     October 16, 2012 at 5:26 pm

     At the time this was written (1890s), Lee-Metford was the current army rifle.

     I find it amusing that Edith Nesbit, known as the “Mother of British Socialism”, wrote a more “conservative” fairy tale than most today. Then again, Jack London, a socialist himself, tended to write go-getter, capitalist characters.
     • Seerak says:

       October 21, 2012 at 9:07 pm

       The contradictions between socialism’s philosophical roots and those of the “go-getter” capitalist culture were much less obvious back then. Several generations of evidence later, such delusions are much harder to maintain without a conscious effort of evasion.