English Fairy And Folk Tales

By Edwin Sidney Hartland

Book Overview

""English Fairy and Folk Tales"" is a collection of traditional English stories and legends compiled by Edwin Sidney Hartland. The book contains 42 tales, including well-known stories such as ""Jack and the Beanstalk"", ""Tom Thumb"", and ""The Three Bears"", as well as lesser-known tales like ""The Dead Moon"" and ""The Fairy Midwife"". The stories range from humorous and lighthearted to dark and eerie, and many feature supernatural beings such as fairies, witches, and ghosts. Hartland includes notes and commentary on the origins and variations of each tale, providing insight into the cultural and historical context of these traditional stories. Overall, ""English Fairy and Folk Tales"" is a fascinating and entertaining read for anyone interested in folklore, mythology, or English literature.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1162969091
• ISBN13: 9781162969091
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer 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.