English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs

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English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs is a classic 1890 collection of traditional English folk and fairy stories that helped popularize many well-known tales in modern English literature.

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instanceOf fairy tale collection
folk tale collection
short story collection
author Joseph Jacobs
compiler Joseph Jacobs
compilerOf traditional English folk tales
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
editor Joseph Jacobs
followedBy More English Fairy Tales
genre children's literature
fairy tale
folk tale
hasIllustrationsBy John Dickson Batten
hasPart Cap o' Rushes
Childe Rowland
Fairy Ointment
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack the Giant-Killer
Lazy Jack
Molly Whuppie
Mr. Fox
Teeny-Tiny
The Ass, the Table and the Stick
The Ass, the Table, and the Stick
The Buried Moon
The Cat and the Mouse
The Cauld Lad of Hilton
The Fish and the Ring
The Golden Arm
The Hedley Kow
The History of Tom Thumb
linked to: Tom Thumb

The King of the Cats
The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh
The Master and His Pupil
The Old Woman and Her Pig
The Old Woman and the Little Pig
The Red Ettin
The Rose-Tree
The Story of the Three Little Pigs
The Three Bears
The Three Heads of the Well
The Three Sillies
The Well of the World's End
Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse
Tom Tit Tot
Whittington and His Cat
illustrator John Dickson Batten
influenced modern English children's literature
language English
notableFor popularizing traditional English fairy tales
numberOfStories 43
placeOfPublication London
linked to: London, England
publicationDate 1890
publisher David Nutt
targetAudience children
general readers interested in folklore
timePeriod Victorian era

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Jack and the Beanstalk collectedIn English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
Joseph Jacobs notableWork English Fairy Tales
linked to: English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs