--- product_id: 33043422 title: "The 13 Clocks: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)" price: "98.63 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/33043422-the-13-clocks-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # The 13 Clocks: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) **Price:** 98.63 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The 13 Clocks: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - **How much does it cost?** 98.63 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/33043422-the-13-clocks-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The 13 Clocks: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) [Thurber, James, Gaiman, Neil, Simont, Marc] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The 13 Clocks: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Review: Maybe Thurber's best work - A delicious fairy tale for adults. Thurber's prose is seductive and vivid and a treat to read aloud. Children will get the story,but adults will relish the words and the humor. Review: One of the Best Modern Fairy Tales - I have been reading this book repeatedly since I was about eight, and it never fails to be a delight. Thurber's description, that he was trying to write an old-fashioned story in which the good guy gets the princess and the bad guy loses is accurate, but it doesn't tell the whole story. James Thurber pulls out all the stops in his writing with rhymes, alliteration, imaginative similes, and sly (but always squeaky-clean) descriptions. Take note of all the references to Gilbert & Sullivan songs that are dropped in passing, as well as the author's penchant to take popular sayings and stereotypes and tweak them or turn them on their heads. The story is beautiful. The writing is a stylistic fireworks show that never seems to become stilted or dense. The characters are lovable, hateable, scary, or funny in turns (witness especially the grisly and unimaginable Todal, which gleeps. Yes, really. Read it, and you'll see). It's short. It's beautifully illustrated. And it's ever so hard to put down. If you're a fan of fairy stories, or of good English style, or of humor, or of the innocently macabre, you will soon find this one of your all-time favorite books. I cannot recommend it too much. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #107,724 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #834 in Humorous Fiction #1,074 in Folklore (Books) #5,646 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (517) | | Dimensions | 5.68 x 0.44 x 8.41 inches | | Edition | Deluxe | | Grade level | Preschool - 2 | | ISBN-10 | 0143110144 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0143110149 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 128 pages | | Publication date | August 2, 2016 | | Publisher | Penguin Classics | | Reading age | 3 - 10 years, from customers | ## Images ![The 13 Clocks: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71NRZQtWCKL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Maybe Thurber's best work *by J***N on October 24, 2025* A delicious fairy tale for adults. Thurber's prose is seductive and vivid and a treat to read aloud. Children will get the story,but adults will relish the words and the humor. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of the Best Modern Fairy Tales *by U***E on January 7, 2016* I have been reading this book repeatedly since I was about eight, and it never fails to be a delight. Thurber's description, that he was trying to write an old-fashioned story in which the good guy gets the princess and the bad guy loses is accurate, but it doesn't tell the whole story. James Thurber pulls out all the stops in his writing with rhymes, alliteration, imaginative similes, and sly (but always squeaky-clean) descriptions. Take note of all the references to Gilbert & Sullivan songs that are dropped in passing, as well as the author's penchant to take popular sayings and stereotypes and tweak them or turn them on their heads. The story is beautiful. The writing is a stylistic fireworks show that never seems to become stilted or dense. The characters are lovable, hateable, scary, or funny in turns (witness especially the grisly and unimaginable Todal, which gleeps. Yes, really. Read it, and you'll see). It's short. It's beautifully illustrated. And it's ever so hard to put down. If you're a fan of fairy stories, or of good English style, or of humor, or of the innocently macabre, you will soon find this one of your all-time favorite books. I cannot recommend it too much. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Remember laughter. You'll need it ..." *by E***S on June 19, 2016* If you like The Last Unicorn and Alice in Wonderland, you’ll probably like James Thurber’s fairy tales. His work is a fun mix of the wordplay of Lewis Carroll and the beautiful, sometimes half-poetic prose of Peter S. Beagle, plus the gentle satire that can be found in both of those. The 13 Clocks is light enough to read in a day or two, but also unique enough to stick with you for a lot longer than that. It seems like a typical fairy-tale conundrum: a wicked Duke is trying to prevent his niece, Princess Saralinda, from marrying, because he is always cold and her hand is the warmest in all the castle. He sets her suitors impossible tasks and kills them when they can’t complete them. But one day, a young minstrel named Xingu decides to try and thwart the Duke. With the help of the Golux, Xingu may be able to not only win the hand of the Princess Saralinda, but get the 13 stopped clocks in the Duke’s castle up and running as well. The 13 Clocks looks a lot like a kids’ book, what with its slim girth, large print, and color illustrations. A kid would definitely enjoy it, but adults shouldn’t ignore it, either. The writing is clever and fun enough, as Neil Gaiman says in his introduction to the book, that you’ll look for any excuse to read it aloud. Take this quote from the Golux: “I resemble only half the things I say I don’t. The other half resemble me.” Or this description of an ancient hag’s abode: “It was cold on Hagga’s hill, and fresh with furrows where the dragging points of stars had plowed the fields … There was a smell, the Golux thought, a little like Forever in the air, but mixed with something faint and less enduring, possibly the fragrance of a flower.” Now, what grown-up wouldn’t be a child again to live on words like that? That’s why The 13 Clocks works as well as it does. It may have some predictable qualities – well-used plot, stock heroes and villains (except the Golux, who will live on forever in my heart) – but the language is superb, and the pictures aren’t bad, either. (Thurber, known for his endearingly less-than-stellar drawing skills, didn’t illustrate this book; he had Marc Simont do it because his eyes were getting bad.) It’s a great gift for anyone who loves words, even if that person is yourself. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/33043422-the-13-clocks-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/33043422-the-13-clocks-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-05-07*