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Indian Fairy Tales

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First published
1892
Pages
189

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  1. 00 - Preface

    10:41

  2. 01 - The Lion and the Crane

    3:09

  3. 02 - How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam.

    22:34

  4. 03 - The Lambikin

    5:09

  5. 04 - Punchkin

    27:46

  6. 05 - The Broken Pot

    2:49

  7. 06 - The Magic Fiddle

    9:53

  8. 07 - The Cruel Crane Outwitted

    8:06

  9. 08 - Loving Laili

    32:02

  10. 09 - The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal

    7:00

  11. 10 - The Soothsayer's Son

    32:52

  12. 11 - Harisarman

    9:52

  13. 12 - The Charmed Ring

    19:41

  14. 13 - The Talkative Tortoise

    4:28

  15. 14 - A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice

    15:32

  16. 15 - The Gold-giving Serpent

    3:18

  17. 16 - The Son of Seven Queens

    23:26

  18. 17 - A Lesson for Kings

    6:01

  19. 18- Pride goeth before a Fall

    5:17

  20. 19 - Raja Rasalu

    28:38

  21. 20 - The Ass in the Lion's Skin

    2:24

  22. 21 - The Farmer and the Money-lender

    5:17

  23. 22 - The Boy who had a Moon on his Forehead and a Star on his Chin

    35:00

  24. 23 - The Prince and the Fakir

    9:07

  25. 24 - Why the Fish Laughed.

    11:31

  26. 25 - The Demon with the Matted Hair

    8:11

  27. 26 - The Ivory City and its Fairy Princess

    37:56

  28. 27 - How Sun, Moon, and Wind went out to Dinner

    3:40

  29. 28 - How the Wicked Sons were Duped.

    2:22

  30. 29 - The Pigeon and the Crow

    4:24

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About this book

Joseph Jacobs drew on the Jatakas, the Panchatantra, the Kathasaritsagara, and other ancient sources to gather twenty-nine folk tales from the Indian tradition. Talking animals, clever princes, demons, and moral fables sit side by side, many of them ancestors of stories that later traveled west into Aesop and the collections of the Brothers Grimm. Jacobs, a serious folklorist, arranged the book for young readers while adding notes on where each tale came from and how it spread across cultures. John D. Batten's illustrations accompanied the original 1892 edition. The result is a friendly gateway into one of the world's oldest storytelling traditions, suitable for reading aloud or alone.

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Joseph Jacobs

Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) was an Australian-born folklorist, literary critic, and historian who spent much of his career in England. He edited English Fairy Tales, Celtic Fairy Tales, and other collections, becoming one of the most influential compilers of folk stories in the English language.

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Book facts

First published
1892
Reading time
About 5 hours
Pages
189
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook