
Once Upon a More Enlightened Time
James Finn Garner's Once Upon a More Enlightened Time (1995) is a fairy-tale retelling novella. Readers will find themes of adaptations, fairy tales and political correctness.
11 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.
At about 84 pages, most readers finish it in about an hour and a half.
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Who wrote Once Upon a More Enlightened Time?
Once Upon a More Enlightened Time was written by James Finn Garner and first published in 1995.
What genre is Once Upon a More Enlightened Time?
It is usually shelved as Fairy Tale Retellings.
How long is Once Upon a More Enlightened Time?
The median edition has 84 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Once Upon a More Enlightened Time?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Black Swan, White Raven and Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.
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