Favorite Fairy Tales Told in India

Title

Favorite Fairy Tales Told in India

Favorite Fairy Tales

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Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

Second printing

Virginia Haviland

Creator

Haviland, Virginia See all items with this value

Contributor

Lent, Blair

Date

2016-04-20T15:51:44Z

en_US 2015-07

1973

Date Available

2016-04-20T15:51:44Z

Date Issued

en_US 1973

Abstract

en_US Twenty years ago I found the 1994 paperback of the same title and author and wrote "According to a note at the end of the book, the series in which this paperback is featured is a resurrection of a series done (starting in the 1950's?) by Little, Brown as the "Favorite Fairy Tales" series in hardback." Well, here is a copy of that book in hardbound form, a second printing of the 1973 original with a dust jacket. The artist here in the original version is Blair Lent, and students may want to compare someday the original version against the later artistry in the 1994 paperback. In fact, the style of the duochrome illustrations here is thoroughly different from the black-and-white illustrations there. As I wrote then, the eight stories are funny and well told. "The Valiant Chattee-maker" (7) is an enjoyable story about the little guy winning. "The Cat and the Parrot" (29) is a fantastic tale of a cat who eats whole armies--but stupidly eats crabs, who cut a hole in his side through which everyone escapes. "The Blind Man, the Deaf Man, and the Donkey" (35) is a long series of enjoyable, mostly fantastic, incidents in which the blind and deaf men somehow fit together or complement each other. I think three stories rate as fables. "The Little Jackals and the Lion" (23) substitutes the last two jackals in a jungle for the hare who usually brings the lion to face his reflection in a well. "The Alligator and the Jackal" (53) is a standard Indian tale; here the latter outwits the former five times. "The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal" (81) is a standard tale; here the tiger inserts himself into the inquiry--and into the cage!

Identifier

en_US 10724 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/85504

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

en_US Boston

Subject

en_US PZ8.H295Favg 1973 See all items with this value

en_US Collection See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

Book, Whole