Author: Eleanor Farjeon
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448171784
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Wandering minstrel, Martin Pippin, encounters a lovelorn ploughman who begs him to release his beloved by entertaining the six young women sworn to guard her. This Martin Pippin does - telling beautiful tales of heartbreak, betrayal and everlasting love. But will the imprisoned Gillian ever be freed? This delightful collection will be loved by adults and children alike - a perfect introduction to sophisticated fairy tales. 'She is one of the few who can conceive and tell a fairytale . . . Before I had read five pages of Martin Pippin, I had forgotten who I was and where I lived. I was transported into a world of sunlight, of gay inconsequence, of emotional surprise, a world of poetry, delight and humour. And I lived and took my joy in that rare world, until all too soon my reading was done.' From J. D. Beresford's Foreword to the first American edition of 1922.
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
Author: Eleanor Farjeon
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448171784
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Wandering minstrel, Martin Pippin, encounters a lovelorn ploughman who begs him to release his beloved by entertaining the six young women sworn to guard her. This Martin Pippin does - telling beautiful tales of heartbreak, betrayal and everlasting love. But will the imprisoned Gillian ever be freed? This delightful collection will be loved by adults and children alike - a perfect introduction to sophisticated fairy tales. 'She is one of the few who can conceive and tell a fairytale . . . Before I had read five pages of Martin Pippin, I had forgotten who I was and where I lived. I was transported into a world of sunlight, of gay inconsequence, of emotional surprise, a world of poetry, delight and humour. And I lived and took my joy in that rare world, until all too soon my reading was done.' From J. D. Beresford's Foreword to the first American edition of 1922.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448171784
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Wandering minstrel, Martin Pippin, encounters a lovelorn ploughman who begs him to release his beloved by entertaining the six young women sworn to guard her. This Martin Pippin does - telling beautiful tales of heartbreak, betrayal and everlasting love. But will the imprisoned Gillian ever be freed? This delightful collection will be loved by adults and children alike - a perfect introduction to sophisticated fairy tales. 'She is one of the few who can conceive and tell a fairytale . . . Before I had read five pages of Martin Pippin, I had forgotten who I was and where I lived. I was transported into a world of sunlight, of gay inconsequence, of emotional surprise, a world of poetry, delight and humour. And I lived and took my joy in that rare world, until all too soon my reading was done.' From J. D. Beresford's Foreword to the first American edition of 1922.
Martin Pippin in the apple orchard
Author: E. Farjeon
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 1171906439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 1171906439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
MARTIN PIPPIN IN THE APPLE-ORCHARD
Author: ELEANOR. FARJEON
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033179062
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033179062
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
Author: Eleanor Farjeon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
A clever wandering minstrel rescues an imprisoned young lady when she charms the seven man-hating damsels guarding her by telling them stories, one by one.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
A clever wandering minstrel rescues an imprisoned young lady when she charms the seven man-hating damsels guarding her by telling them stories, one by one.
Martin Pippin in the Daisy-Field
Author: Eleanor Farjeon
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448158826
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Wandering minstrel, Martin Pippin, encounters six little girls on his travels - who beg him to tell them stories. This he does whilst they are making daisy chains, and so his wonderful tales of magicians, mermaids, pirates and pigs are here-recounted. The collection includes one of Farjeon's most famous and charming stories, 'Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep. This classic, magical collection will be loved by adults and children alike - perfect for bedtime reading.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448158826
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Wandering minstrel, Martin Pippin, encounters six little girls on his travels - who beg him to tell them stories. This he does whilst they are making daisy chains, and so his wonderful tales of magicians, mermaids, pirates and pigs are here-recounted. The collection includes one of Farjeon's most famous and charming stories, 'Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep. This classic, magical collection will be loved by adults and children alike - perfect for bedtime reading.
Martin Pippin in the Apple-Orchard (Classic Reprint)
Author: Eleanor Farjeon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781331098768
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Excerpt from Martin Pippin in the Apple-Orchard In Adversane in Sussex they still sing the song of The Spring-Green Lady; any fine evening, in the streets or in the meadows, you may come upon a band of children playing the old game that is their heritage, though few of them know its origin, or even that it had one. It is to them as the daisies in the grass and the stars in the sky. Of these things, and such as these, they ask no questions. But there you will still find one child who takes the part of the Emperor's Daughter, and another who is the Wandering Singer, and the remaining group (there should be no more than six in it) becomes the Spring-Green Lady, the Rose-White Lady, the Apple-Gold Lady, of the three parts of the game. Often there are more than six in the group, for the true number of the damsels who guarded their fellow in her prison is as forgotten as their names: Joscelyn, Jane, and Jennifer, Jessica, Joyce, and Joan. Forgotten, too, the name of Gillian, the lovely captive. And the Wandering Singer is to them but the Wandering Singer, not Martin Pippin the Minstrel. Worse and worse, he is even presumed to be the captive's sweetheart, who wheedles the flower, the ring, and the prison-key out of the strict virgins for his own purposes, and flies with her at last in his shallop across the sea, to live with her happily ever after. But this is a fallacy. Martin Pippin never wheedled anything out of anybody for his own purposes - in fact, he had none of his own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781331098768
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Excerpt from Martin Pippin in the Apple-Orchard In Adversane in Sussex they still sing the song of The Spring-Green Lady; any fine evening, in the streets or in the meadows, you may come upon a band of children playing the old game that is their heritage, though few of them know its origin, or even that it had one. It is to them as the daisies in the grass and the stars in the sky. Of these things, and such as these, they ask no questions. But there you will still find one child who takes the part of the Emperor's Daughter, and another who is the Wandering Singer, and the remaining group (there should be no more than six in it) becomes the Spring-Green Lady, the Rose-White Lady, the Apple-Gold Lady, of the three parts of the game. Often there are more than six in the group, for the true number of the damsels who guarded their fellow in her prison is as forgotten as their names: Joscelyn, Jane, and Jennifer, Jessica, Joyce, and Joan. Forgotten, too, the name of Gillian, the lovely captive. And the Wandering Singer is to them but the Wandering Singer, not Martin Pippin the Minstrel. Worse and worse, he is even presumed to be the captive's sweetheart, who wheedles the flower, the ring, and the prison-key out of the strict virgins for his own purposes, and flies with her at last in his shallop across the sea, to live with her happily ever after. But this is a fallacy. Martin Pippin never wheedled anything out of anybody for his own purposes - in fact, he had none of his own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Glass Slipper
Author: Eleanor Farjeon
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448171768
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
More than anything, Ella wants to go to the ball at the Royal Palace. But Ella is the slave of the household, waiting on every wish and whim of her horrible stepsisters. They call her Cinderella for the ashes that cling to her face, hands and hair. How can Ella go to the Royal Palace? Then, on the evening of the ball, something wonderful happens. Ella’s Fairy Godmother comes to her rescue. Now her dreams may come true at last . . .
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448171768
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
More than anything, Ella wants to go to the ball at the Royal Palace. But Ella is the slave of the household, waiting on every wish and whim of her horrible stepsisters. They call her Cinderella for the ashes that cling to her face, hands and hair. How can Ella go to the Royal Palace? Then, on the evening of the ball, something wonderful happens. Ella’s Fairy Godmother comes to her rescue. Now her dreams may come true at last . . .
The Little Bookroom
Author: Eleanor Farjeon
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590175484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
27 illustrated short stories full of heart and whimsy, by the Carnegie Medal–winning author—a perfect read-aloud collection for middle grade readers who love folklore and fairy tales. In The Little Bookroom, Eleanor Farjeon mischievously tilts our workaday world to reveal its wonders and follies. Her selection of her favorite stories describes powerful—and sometimes exceedingly silly—monarchs, and commoners who are every bit their match; musicians and dancers who live for aft rather than earthly reward; and a goldfish who wishes to “marry the Moon, surpass the Sun, and possess the World.” Featuring an afterword by Rumer Godden
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590175484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
27 illustrated short stories full of heart and whimsy, by the Carnegie Medal–winning author—a perfect read-aloud collection for middle grade readers who love folklore and fairy tales. In The Little Bookroom, Eleanor Farjeon mischievously tilts our workaday world to reveal its wonders and follies. Her selection of her favorite stories describes powerful—and sometimes exceedingly silly—monarchs, and commoners who are every bit their match; musicians and dancers who live for aft rather than earthly reward; and a goldfish who wishes to “marry the Moon, surpass the Sun, and possess the World.” Featuring an afterword by Rumer Godden
Nursery Rhymes of London Town
Author: Eleanor Farjeon
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448171865
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Little boy, little boy, what is the matter? Madam, the sea has been turned into batter! Eleanor Farjeon’s delightful London nursery rhymes are known and loved all over the world, and told with characteristic humour and playfulness. Reimagine London with these charming and timeless rhymes for all ages. A charming, surprisingly funny collection that will be loved by adults and children alike.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448171865
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Little boy, little boy, what is the matter? Madam, the sea has been turned into batter! Eleanor Farjeon’s delightful London nursery rhymes are known and loved all over the world, and told with characteristic humour and playfulness. Reimagine London with these charming and timeless rhymes for all ages. A charming, surprisingly funny collection that will be loved by adults and children alike.
Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep
Author: Eleanor Farjeon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406373257
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Synopsis coming soon.......
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406373257
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Synopsis coming soon.......