Indian Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Classics)

by Joseph Jacobs

Paperback, 2011

Status

Available

Local notes

398.2 Jac

Barcode

3811

Collection

Genres

Publication

Dover Publications (2011), 288 pages

Description

Twenty-nine traditional tales from India include "The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal," "The Lion and the Crane," and "Why the Fish Laughed."

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1892

Physical description

288 p.; 5.36 inches

User reviews

LibraryThing member Czrbr
Book Description: NY, Dover, 1969. Trade paperback. 255pp. illustrated by John D. Batton. A very near fine copy.
LibraryThing member leslie.98
I really liked these fairy tales! Although there were some strange terms (and also I believe some strange translations; Jogi I assume is Yogi for example), at the heart many of these stories are very similar to European fairy tales. Evil queens using magic or trickery to get rid of innocent
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children (unsuccessfully), talking animals who return good deeds, princes going on quests; what I think of as the standard fairy tale but in an Indian setting so jungles and tigers instead of forests and bears.

I skipped the Notes at the end but if one is interested in the origins or history of these tales, it would be of interest.
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Pages

288

Rating

(6 ratings; 3.2)
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