Status
Available
Local notes
398.2 Jac
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."
Subjects
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
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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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
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