Eleanor Farjeon
Author
Publisher
E.P. Dutton and Company
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. [Source: Wikipedia] Gypsy and Ginger is the story of a young married couple.
Author
Language
English
Description
The Silver Curlew is one of Eleanor Farjeon's finest works, an intriguing re-telling of the classic story Rumpelstiltskin. Mother Codling lives with her children in a small, Norfolk windmill. One day, the Codlngs receive a surprise visit from the king of Norwich, who insists that eighteen-year-old Doll Codling must spin a certain amount of flax for him, or he will cut off her head.
Doll, terrified of dying, makes a deal with a spindle-imp, in order...