Hilda Bewildered

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From the creators of The Artifacts and Midnight Feast, Hilda Bewildered is an illustrated short story for deep-thinking adolescent readers and above. Somewhere in a non-specified European country, Princess Hilda comes of age. She must deliver a prepared speech at midnight tonight, charged with the task of ‘opening winter’. Unfortunately for Hilda, she is terrified of speaking in front of a live audience. Put on your close-reading hats for this one. Prepare a cup of peppermint tea and wait for the cold to set in. HILDA BEWILDERED THEMES AND IDEAS The nature of celebrity Constant surveillance/Imaginary Audience Syndrome Social invisibility The stochastic nature of birthright Beauty and self-image ‘Grass is greener’ feelings The language of advertising Fear of public speaking Finding inner strength Loneliness among crowds OTHER FEATURES 32 pages of story Intuitive navigation Painterly style of artwork Hand-coded interactive book Original soundtrack composed for this story by Chris Hurn important Note We have maintained an aspect ratio of 4:3 to preserve the original artwork. You will see panels on the side of a typical 16:9 ratio computer monitor. We have provided an option to run Hilda Bewildered in a window on the desktop, without the panels.

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