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Gone Is Gone: or the Story of a Man Who Wanted to Do Housework

RETOLD AND ILLUSTRATED WANDA GÁG
Copyright Date: 1935
Edition: NED - New edition
Published by: University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 64
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttv4qr
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    Gone Is Gone
    Book Description:

    Gone Is Gone addresses an age-old question between couples—who works harder? This long-out-of-print children’s book is based on a charming Bohemian tale recited to Wanda Gág when she was a child, and is now available to enchant audiences of all ages. The tale’s sly peasant humor and conversational style combined with Gág’s expressive black-and-white illustrations made the book an instant classic.

    eISBN: 978-0-8166-9537-9
    Subjects: Language & Literature

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  1. Front Matter
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  2. GONE IS GONE AND IT IS THE STORY OF A MAN WHO WANTED TO DO HOUSEWORK
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    This man, his name was Fritzl—his wife, her name was Liesi. They had a little baby, Kinndli by name, and Spitz who was a dog.

    They had one cow, two goats, three pigs, and of geese they had a dozen. That’s what they had.

    They lived on a patch of land, and that’s where they worked.

    Fritzl had to plow the ground, sow the seeds and hoe the weeds. He had to cut the hay and rake it too, and stack it up in bunches in the sun. The man worked hard, you see, from day to day.

    Liesi...

  3. Back Matter
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