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English Fairy Tales - Rhymes, tales and lore from Olde England
This volume nicely bound volume, illustrated by John D Batten, contains forty-three English folk stories and tales. But why call them FAIRY STORIES? Well, one cannot imagine a child saying, 'Tell me a folk-tale', or 'Another nursery tale, please, grandma'. The words 'Fairy Tales' must accordingly be taken to include tales in which occurs something 'fairy', something extraordinary--fairies, giants, dwarfs, speaking animals. It must be taken also to cover tales in which what is extraordinary is the stupidity of some of the actors, as is so common in moral tales. And this volume is indeed littered with such tales.
Many of the tales in this volume, as in similar collections from other European countries, are what the folklorists call Drolls. They serve to justify the title of "Merrie England", a title which used to be given to England, indicating the unsuspected capacity for fun and humour among the English. The story of Tom Tit Tot, which opens the collection, is unequalled among all other folk-tales, for its combined sense of humour and dramatic power. While some of these tales may be familiar, many of the younger readers, indeed many of their parents even, would not have heard or even read many of these stories. Tales like "The Rose Tree", "Mr Vinegar", "Mouse and Mouser", "Childe Rowland", "Molly Whuppie" and more. Also ensconsed in the pages of this book are the perennial favourites like "Dick Whittington and His Cat", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Henny Penny", "The History of Tom Thumb" and others. But beware - these are not the modern politically correct versions, but rather, the original, Victorian and even Medieval versions.
So take some time out and travel back to a period before television, or even radio for that matter, when families would gather around a crackling and spitting hearth and granddad or grandma or an uncle or aunt would delight and captivate their audience with stories passed on to them from their mothers, fathers and grandparents.
33% of the publisher's profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charity.
For more information, a table of contents or to order, go to http://www.abelapublishing.com/EnglishTales.html
To view the "West European Fairy Tales" collection follow this link http://www.abelapublishing.com/UKandWesternEurope.html
About the Author
Educated at Westville Boys High, Durban, South Africa, between 1970 and 1976, he excelled at middle-distance athletics. A family tragedy prevented him touring the USA and gaining an athletics scholarship.
Following high school he completed two years national service in the South African Air Force and therafter backpacked around Europe for two years.
He has a diploma in Business Computing and an MBA from Bath University and has worked in various industries in South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and the UK. Since 1999 he has been running his own management consultancy in the UK specialising in running Corporate Transformation and Turnaround programmes.
Following his MBA he wrote an historical novel "Legend of the Last Vikings" which was the catalyst for leading him into publishing. He established Abela Publishing in 2008/9 as a social enterprise. He has been publishing new and old children's stories, fairytales, folklore, myths and legends from which he donates 33% of Abela Publishing's profit to charities around the world.
To see which charities are currently supported, go to http://www.abelapublishing.com/charity.html
To view the entire Fairytales, Folklore, Myths and Legends catalogue, go to
http://www.abelapublishing.com/catalogue.html
