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The 13 Clocks is a fairy tale told by a twentieth century author. Its themes are clearly statements about the moral concerns of the time and perhaps are intended more for adults than for children, even though James Thurber used the form of a child’s story. One of the story’s meanings is that a true life is in a way being like a child. Adults responded to Thurber’s message: The book sold well, going into nine printings.

Thurber had earlier written fairy tales for children as well as another fairy tale for adults called The White Deer (1945). That book is thematically and stylistically related to The 13 Clocks. Both are filled with personal references. For example, although Thurber is far from being the duke, he makes the duke one-eyed, and Thurber himself was almost blind. Both also display Thurber’s brand of humor. The duke, for example, counting the jewels brought back by Zorn, responds to a criticism by the Golux with the very reasonable statement that “We......

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