The Moral of the Story

Illustrated picture books in Victorian England reached new aesthetic heights. But was it always for the benefit of the children?

Beauty and the Beast, 1896, illustration by Walter Crane. Alamy.
Beauty and the Beast, 1896, illustration by Walter Crane. Alamy.

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