Find Jack the Giantkiller, Tom Tit Tot and other quintessentially English favourites, alongside interesting borrowings, such as an English version of the Grimms’ Little Snow White – as well as bedtime frighteners, including Captain Murderer, as told to Charles Dickens by his childhood nurse.
Neil Philip has provided a full introduction and source notes on each story that illustrate each tale’s journey from mouth to page, and what has happened to them on the way.
These tales rank among the finest English short stories of all time in their richness of metaphor and plot and their great verbal dash and daring.'
That's the official blurb. But it's not hyperbole. This really is a must for anyone interested in British folklore.
And isn't Captain Murderer the best name ever?
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