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Originally published in 1919, Some British Ballads is a collection of verses and narratives illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Many of the songs are taken from Francis James Child's compilation; The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, which he collected during the second half of the nineteenth century. This pioneering study into British folklore and song is a true gem, and contains the rhymes of "Clerk Colvill," "The Lass of Lochroyan," "The Twa Corbies,"...
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Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations is stunning work, produced in the midst of the First World War, by a true genius of illustration. It was originally published in 1916, and contains a collection of folk and fairy tales from Belgium, France, England, Japan, Italy, and Serbia. It contains "The Buried Moon" (An English Fairy Tale), "The Serpent Prince" (An Italian Fairy Tale), "Ivy and the Chestnut Horse" (A Russian Fairy Tale), "The Hind of the Wood"...
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Originally published in 1920 this charming book contains 'Puss in Boots' and many more of the oldest and most enduringly beloved fairy tales of childhood and is elegantly illustrated by the heavenly colour plates and black and white line drawings of Mabel Lucie Attwell. Contents Include: Puss in Boots; the Magic Mirror; the Goose-Girl; Brier Rose; The Iron Chest; Story of Blue Beard; Whittington and his Cat; and Cinderella. Many of the earliest children's...
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One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English-language edition (c. 1706–1721), which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights' Entertainment. The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West, Central and South Asia, and North Africa. Some tales...
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The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The Nibelungenlied is based on an oral tradition that has some of its origin in historic events and individuals of the 5th and 6th centuries. The poem is split into two parts: in the first part, Siegfried comes to Worms to acquire the hand of the Burgundian princess Kriemhild from her brother King Gunther....
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Once cuentos tradicionales de todas partes del mundo, con mucho humor y en versiones especialmente realizadas para esta colección. Incluye "El ingenioso zorro rojo" (chino), "La salchicha que no quería ser asada" (suizo), "La niña lista" (ruso), "Perro y Cerdo" (laosiano), "Los dos jóvenes y los dos chichones" (japonés), "El país de los perezosos" (hebreo), "El rey necio" (birmano), y "Juan el Tonto", "Una moneda de ¡ay!", "Pedro el Listo"...
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This fascinating book deserves a place on the bookshelf of anybody with an interest in natural healing. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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These are wonderful examples of early Hindu writing, with tales showing people how to live ideal lives as husbands, wives kings and servants. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. artwork.
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Antología que incluye mitos del origen del mundo, los dioses y los hombres, y los de Peleo, Teseo, Orfeo y Eurídice, Midas, Ixión y Sísifo. La sección Aquí y ahora muestra la presencia de lo mítico en la vida cotidiana. En Enfoques para analizar, las actividades facilitan la comprensión y el análisis a partir de bibliografía específica, y proponen la producción de textos narrativos, argumentativos y explicativos.
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Les « Classiques Junior » est une collection destinée aux élèves du primaire, consacrée aux œuvres majeures de la littérature universelle. L'objectif principal de cette collection est d'ouvrir une fenêtre sur les livres d'hier, qui ont bercé l'apprentissage des belles lettres de générations entières à travers les siècles. Ces œuvres qui ont traversé le temps et les frontières, ont été et continuent d'être de grands succès, et...
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