Two stars for content, one for design. The illustrations are lovely but the writing is odd. The stories are very short, absurd vignettes. The material is dated...and things are holding up unevenly after 200-ish years. Having loved the movie it was nice to get a glimpse of the source material, but the Baron isn't a guy with whom I want to spend loads of time. The forward suggests reading these in random spirts and I agree. It would be perfect to have loaded on your phone to read when your bus is late.