![]() Jack and the Giant, from History of Jack the giant killer containing his birth and parentage (1850?) To which is added, The noble basket maker (there being a disappointing lack of gore in “The noble basket maker”). ![]() This somewhat medieval illustration comes from a book with a title almost as long as its text: The history of Jack the giant killer: relating how he overcame several huge giants, particularly one with two heads: his marriage with the Duke’s daughter: and other exploits. The illustration above, which could easily date from the 17th century, comes from Jack the giant killer: a hero celebrated by ancient historians, by John Rush Golby, John Lee, and William Marshall Craig, published in 1820 (all links are to the titles in the Internet Archive.) Jack and the giant, from The history of Jack the giant killer (1830-1835?) Here is a sample of some of the violence to be found in the pages of 19th century English and American versions of the story. ![]() ![]() Take the story of Jack the giant killer, which now we almost exclusively see in its vegan variant, Jack and the Beanstalk. Jack kills the giant, from Jack the giant killer: a hero celebrated by ancient historians (1820)īack in the days when the average lifespan was about 40 years, children’s books could be pretty brutal.
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