The Flint Heart

by Eden Phillpotts

A fairy story that takes a whole book to tell is "The Flint Heart," by Eden Phillpotts. It is interested in things that happened about five thousand years ago, and Mr. Phillpotts says that if you think times were dull then, ...

Of all men, Mr. Eden Phillpotts would have seemed above suspicion of any intentions to write an "Alice-in- Wonderland" story, but here is his "The Flint Heart" a fairy tale of the Alice kind although of a remote species. ...

Genres: Fiction, Classics, Fantasy

376 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1910

About the author

See also: Harrington Hext

Eden Philpotts was an English novelist, short-story writer, and playwright with a particular interest in the county of Devon. His works include a cycle of 18 novels set in Dartmoor.

Reviews

[Janelle]

This was a very imaginative book, however the pace was slow in places, particularly at the beginning of the story. I listened to the Librivox audiobook.

[CybcA╥]

There's a zagabog, faeries, a hotwater bottle named Bismark and many other characters in the book. But mostly this is a tale of why Dartmoor is what it is today.

[Sirah]

The most fairyest of fairy tales, this classic abounds in quirky humor, confirmed magic, and essential facts with just enough silliness to keep it from getting too magical. I've read both the modern retelling and the old classic, and while I can understand why this one might make a few parents blush, it loses none of its charm for the occasional honest take.

[Maria Kiosi]

Happy I found this little gem!! Listened the Librivox audiobook.

[Александра Елисеева]

Just finished. I took some pains to find Phillpott's original text - Paterson's Flint Heart lacks all the lovely (but a bit old-fashioned and long-winded) author's passages addressed to the reader. A great story, fun to discuss and look for moral. We liked the humor as well, and laughed out out loud. But the first chapters are a bit violent, so I had to omit some paragraphs for my 6 year old.

[Barbara]

I read this one because it is about fairies, and my middle granddaughter has been "into" fairies for awhile. I thought she might like it, but I decided against sharing it with her on her Nook. It was a bit too old-fashioned and not enough about fairies to work for her.

[Peggymca]

A good old-fashioned fairy tale.