{"product_id":"fables-and-folk-tales-from-an-eastern-forest-paperback-9781107432888","title":"Fables and Folk-Tales from an Eastern Forest (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107432888","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFables and Folk-Tales from an Eastern Forest\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginally published in 1901, this book contains twenty six folk tales from the Malay peninsula.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWalter Skeat (Edited and translated by), F. H. Townsend (Illustrated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107432888, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 October 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e126 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 21.6 x 0.7 cm, 0.26 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published in 1901, this book contains twenty six folk tales from the Malay peninsula. The text is illustrated with photographs and drawings of Malaysian settings and animals, and the stories are accompanied by explanatory notes at the end of the text to clarify points of local history, religion and language. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in comparative folklore or the fables of the Malay peninsula.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Father lime-stick and the flower-pecker\u003cbr\u003e 2. The king of the tigers is sick\u003cbr\u003e 3. The mouse-deer's shipwreck\u003cbr\u003e 4. Who killed the otter's babies? (A 'clock' story)\u003cbr\u003e 5. A vegetarian dispute\u003cbr\u003e 6. The friendship of T?pai the squirrel and R?an the creeping fish\u003cbr\u003e 7. The pelican's punishment\u003cbr\u003e 8. The tiger gets his deserts\u003cbr\u003e 9. The tiger's mistake\u003cbr\u003e 10. The tune that makes the tiger drowsy\u003cbr\u003e 11. The 'tigers' fold'\u003cbr\u003e 12. The tiger and the shadow\u003cbr\u003e 13. Wit wins the day\u003cbr\u003e 14. The king-crow and the water-snail\u003cbr\u003e 15. Father 'follow-my-nose' and the four priests\u003cbr\u003e 16. The elephant-princess and the prince\u003cbr\u003e 17. The elephant has a bet with the tiger\u003cbr\u003e 18. Princess S?dong of the caves\u003cbr\u003e 19. The saint that was shot out of his own cannon\u003cbr\u003e 20. The saints who grave-stones moved\u003cbr\u003e 21. Nakh?da Rágam who was pricked to death by his wife's needle\u003cbr\u003e 22. The legend of P?t?ni\u003cbr\u003e 23. A Malayan deluge\u003cbr\u003e 24. King Solomon and the birds\u003cbr\u003e 25. The outwitting of the G?dembai\u003cbr\u003e 26. The silver prince, and Princess lemon-grass\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265714245912,"sku":"9781107432888","price":21.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107432888i.jpg?v=1694486201","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fables-and-folk-tales-from-an-eastern-forest-paperback-9781107432888","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}