"A treasure-trove of living stories, and enormously fun to read. Enjoy!" - Neil Gaiman
"Shivery, creepy, melancholy, funny, fantastic and very real ... Neil Philip’s classic collection offers us an overflowing cauldron of marvellous stories.’ - Marina Warner
"Collections of folktales as good as this should be bound in gold and brought out on ceremonial occasions as national treasures." - Philip Pullman
"The generally admitted and admired glories of English literature rest on a much more neglected popular tradition of story-telling. This collection brings that tradition back to life, in a wonderfully accessible form." - Professor Ronald Hutton
‘A book that inspires and informs, and opens hearts and minds to our story heritage.' - Professor Carolyne Larrington
"A profound influence on me and Hookland." - David Southwell
"This is the best collection of English folktales." - Professor Diane Purkiss
"A superb anthology of more than one hundred extraordinary tales that reveal the exquisite nature of the English storytelling tradition. This is a dazzling book." - Professor Jack Zipes
"Never was a better time for such a knowing, appreciative volume of our shared tales." - Gregory Maguire
"An expertly chosen selection of English folktales that is highly readable, endlessly entertaining, and intellectually enlivened. If by some mysterious goblin’s spell I was condemned to give away all the books in my library but one, this is undoubtedly the book I would keep." - Professor Andrew Teverson
"Buckle up and prepare for close encounters with ghouls and boggarts, witches and merry-maids, talking cats and roaring bulls." - Professor Maria Tatar
"A truly beautiful collection of over one hundred English stories . . . collated with true wonder and love for the magic of storytelling." - LoveReading, starred book
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BN ID: | 2940160665504 |
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Publisher: | Tantor Audio |
Publication date: | 06/27/2023 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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