| Tales of the Punjab by Flora Annie Steel, Fiction, Classics Contributor(s): Steel, Flora Annie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1603127437 ISBN-13: 9781603127431 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Flora Annie Steel was an English writer who married a member of the Indian Civil Service, and spent twenty-two years in India, mostly in the Punjab region. She learned the language, served as school inspector, encouraged the production of local handicrafts, and collected folk tales. "Tales of the Punjab" is a collection of folk tales from the region. They are stories handed down orally by a people who mostly could not read or write, and Steel tried to preserve the original feel of the tale as closely as possible when translating. As she says in her greeting you young readers: "Would you like to know how these stories are told? Come with me, and you shall see. There! take my hand and do not be afraid, for Prince Hassan's carpet is beneath your feet. So now! -- 'Hey presto! Abracadabra!' Here we are in a Punjabi village." |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.08 lbs) 240 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Flora Annie Steel was an English writer who married a member of the Indian Civil Service, and spent twenty-two years in India, mostly in the Punjab region. She learned the language, served as school inspector, encouraged the production of local handicrafts, and collected folk tales. "Tales of the Punjab" is a collection of folk tales from the region. They are stories handed down orally by a people who mostly could not read or write, and Steel tried to preserve the original feel of the tale as closely as possible when translating. As she says in her greeting you young readers: "Would you like to know how these stories are told? Come with me, and you shall see. There take my hand and do not be afraid, for Prince Hassan's carpet is beneath your feet. So now -- 'Hey presto Abracadabra ' Here we are in a Punjabi village." |
Contributor Bio(s): Steel, Flora Annie: - "Flora Annie Steel (1847 - 1929) was an English writer, who lived in British India for 22 years. She was noted especially for books set there or otherwise connected with the sub-continent. Flora Annie Steel was interested in relating to all classes of Indian society. The birth of her daughter gave her a chance to interact with local women and learn their language. She encouraged the production of local handicrafts and collected folk-tales, a collection of which she published in 1894. Her interest in schools and the education of women gave her a special insight into native life and character. A year before leaving India, she coauthored and published The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook, giving detailed directions to European women on all aspects of household management in India. In 1889 the family moved back to Scotland and she continued her writing there. Some of her best work, according to the 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica, is contained in two collections of short stories, From the Five Rivers and Tales of the Punjab. Her novel On the Face of the Waters (1896) describes incidents in the Indian Mutiny. She also wrote a popular history of India." |