English Fairy and Folk Tales

by Edwin Sidney Hartland

Product Description:

Classic collection of over 70 time-honored tales includes such popular stories as "Jack the Giant-killer," "The History of Tom Thumb," narratives of Lady Godiva and Dick Whittington and his cat, plus stories about witches, goblins, ghosts, and the devil — all favorites with generations of collectors and fairy tale enthusiasts.

Subjects: Fairy tales, folk tales, fables, magical tales & traditional stories, Fiction, Sociology, Literature: Folklore/Mythology, Europe - Great Britain - General, Folklore & Mythology - Folklore, History / Great Britain, Social Science / General, Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology,

Reviews:

English Fairy and Folk Tales
English Fairy and Folk Tales contains sections of hard to find books, which makes it excellent for the price. Here you will find sections from Robert Hunt's, Popular Romances of the West Country (Cornwall). As this is no longer in print and you will probably pay a high price for an original copy of that title, English Fairy and Folk Tales is worth getting for this alone. The book's tales are the usual stories of England and Cornwall, though, nothing obscure or especially unusual and the chapter on witchcraft was disappointingly short. Mostly concerned with the usual tales of ghosts, some good stories of the phantom hounds (i.e. Cheney's Hounds, Dando Dogs, The Barghest), witchcraft, and Fairies. So if you are looking for obscure tales you will probably want to skip it! Once again, it is worth purchasing if you are looking for a cheaper copy of some of the tales from Hunt's, Popular Romances of the West Country.

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