LADY COTTINGTON PRESSED FAIRY BOOK by

LADY COTTINGTON PRESSED FAIRY BOOK

This is a reproduction of the diary of Lady Angelica Cottingham, which features pressed garden fairies. Or rather the psychic images of the fairies, who quickly turned it into a game, where they leapt between the closing pages in an effort to outdo each other to produce the most outrageous poses. The book claims to be the facsimile edition of the notebook of Lady Cottington who, it is said, took the infamous photograph of a group of fairies that was authenticated by Conan Doyle, but later discredited. She was determined to prove the existence of fairies and began to capture them between the pages of her notebook, in which she had previously pressed wild flowers. This is a record of the fairies she caught, and of the disruptive influence they had on her otherwise sheltered life.

Reviewed by annieb123 on

4 of 5 stars

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What a delightfully bizarre book! Terry Jones (yes, that T. Jones) and Brian Froud team up to create a weirdly disturbing, compelling and funny book.

As others have said, the format is like an Edwardian nature journal. With pressed (squished) specimens and descriptions on each page.

It reminds me a lot of the 'Gnomes' books of the 70's/80's but with a Python-esque twist.

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