English Fairy Tales (1890)

Compiled by Joseph Jacobs; and

Illustrated by John D. Batten

This volume contains forty-three old English fairy tales and folk stories originally published by Joseph Jacobs in 1890. You might say that these are Classic Fairy Tales from the Victorian and bygone ages.

Many of the tales in this volume, as in similar collections from other European countries, are what the folklorists call Drolls. They serve tojustify the title of “Merrie England”, a title which used to be given toEngland, indicating the unsuspected capacity for fun and humour among the English.

The story of Tom Tit Tot, which opens the collection, is unequalled among all other folk-tales, for its combined sense of humour and dramatic power.

English Fairy Tales

Journey back in time

We encourage you to take some time out and travel back to a period before television,or even radio for that matter, when families would gather around a crackling and spitting hearth and granddad or grandma or an uncle or aunt would delight and captivate their audience with stories passed on to them from their mothers, fathers and grandparents. Stories that were the back-bone to "Good ol’ Blighty" for hundreds of years.

So curl up with this unique sliver of English literature and allow yourself to smile to yourself in the knowledge that your purchase will not only bring enjoyment to yourself but will also be benefiting a charity as a percentage of the profit from the sale of this ebook will be donated to the Prince's Trust.