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This book contains over forty of the best-loved fairy stories,
retold by Flora Annie Steel, and beautifully illustrated by Arthur
Rackham. Favourites such as Jack the Giant-killer, Jack and the
Beanstalk, Dick Whittington, The Three Little Pigs and The Babes in
the Wood are all here among many others, but stories from different
traditions also make their appearance, including The Three Bears
and Little Red Hiding Hood.
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Tales of the Punjab (Paperback)
Flora Annie Steel; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R342
R290
Discovery Miles 2 900
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Tales of the Punjab (1894) is a collection of stories translated
and collected by Flora Annie Steel. Collected while Steel lived
with her husband in the north of the Indian subcontinent, Tales of
the Punjab was a successful introduction to legends and stories
from the Punjab region for children and adults back home in
England. Published while India remained under the control of the
British Empire, Steel's collection puts a decidedly Western twist
on the stories she learned from local women while advocating for
education reform. In a village in the Punjab, as the sun sets on an
exceedingly hot day, the local people return from the fields to
prepare dinner and settle down for the evening. As they await the
cooling winds of midnight in order to sleep outside, the villagers
gather around a local storyteller. Possessing a wide knowledge of
legends, tales, and history, he calmly begins to speak to his
gathered audience. "Sir Buzz" is the story of a woman and her son
who are left in dire poverty following the death of her husband, a
soldier. Although young, the boy dreams of setting out into the
world in order to bring something home for his mother. Finding six
shillings in the pocket of an old coat, he leaves his home only to
run into an injured tigress. Unable to remove a thorn from her paw,
she asks the boy for his assistance, and offers him a mysterious
reward. In "The Rat's Wedding," a rat takes shelter underground
during a steady rainstorm. In his digging, he discovers a root,
which he takes with him on his journey homeward once the rain
subsides. Looking forward to using the root for himself, he
encounters an old man struggling to light a fire with wood soaked
through with rain. Exchanging his root for a piece of food, the
generous rat continues on his way. Tales of the Punjab is a
collection of forty-three instructive, humorous, and authentic
stories translated by Flora Annie Steel. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Flora Annie Steel's Tales of the Punjab is a classic of
Anglo-Indian literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Tales of the Punjab (Hardcover)
Flora Annie Steel; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R578
R476
Discovery Miles 4 760
Save R102 (18%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Tales of the Punjab (1894) is a collection of stories translated
and collected by Flora Annie Steel. Collected while Steel lived
with her husband in the north of the Indian subcontinent, Tales of
the Punjab was a successful introduction to legends and stories
from the Punjab region for children and adults back home in
England. Published while India remained under the control of the
British Empire, Steel's collection puts a decidedly Western twist
on the stories she learned from local women while advocating for
education reform. In a village in the Punjab, as the sun sets on an
exceedingly hot day, the local people return from the fields to
prepare dinner and settle down for the evening. As they await the
cooling winds of midnight in order to sleep outside, the villagers
gather around a local storyteller. Possessing a wide knowledge of
legends, tales, and history, he calmly begins to speak to his
gathered audience. "Sir Buzz" is the story of a woman and her son
who are left in dire poverty following the death of her husband, a
soldier. Although young, the boy dreams of setting out into the
world in order to bring something home for his mother. Finding six
shillings in the pocket of an old coat, he leaves his home only to
run into an injured tigress. Unable to remove a thorn from her paw,
she asks the boy for his assistance, and offers him a mysterious
reward. In "The Rat's Wedding," a rat takes shelter underground
during a steady rainstorm. In his digging, he discovers a root,
which he takes with him on his journey homeward once the rain
subsides. Looking forward to using the root for himself, he
encounters an old man struggling to light a fire with wood soaked
through with rain. Exchanging his root for a piece of food, the
generous rat continues on his way. Tales of the Punjab is a
collection of forty-three instructive, humorous, and authentic
stories translated by Flora Annie Steel. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Flora Annie Steel's Tales of the Punjab is a classic of
Anglo-Indian literature reimagined for modern readers.
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