{"product_id":"old-deccan-days-or-hindoo-fairy-legends-current-in-southern-india-paperback-9781108020770","title":"Old Deccan Days; Or, Hindoo Fairy Legends, Current in Southern India (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108020770","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOld Deccan Days\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOr, Hindoo Fairy Legends, Current in Southern India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA collection of twenty-four traditional Indian folk tales from the state of Maharashtra, first published in 1868.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMary Frere (Author), Sir Bartle Frere (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108020770, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 September 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e380 pages, 45 b\/w illus.  4 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.48 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\"\u003eFirst published in 1868, this volume contains a collection of twenty-four traditional stories from the southern Indian state of Maharashtra. Mary Eliza Isabella Frere (1845–1911) travelled to India in 1863 to stay with her father, Sir Bartle Frere, the Governor of Bombay. She became fascinated with Indian culture and transcribed these stories from her ayah (nanny and chaperone) Anna Liberata da Souza who had been told them by her grandmother. Expressive and detailed, these stories formed part of southern India's traditional oral culture, at risk of being lost. This volume includes an introduction by Sir Bartle Frere exploring the cultural background to the stories and a chapter by Anna Liberata da Souza describing her life and childhood. This volume was extremely popular, being reprinted in four editions by 1889 and encouraging the study of comparative mythology while revealing new information concerning Indian traditional culture.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e The collector's apology\u003cbr\u003e The narrator's narrative\u003cbr\u003e 1. Punchkin\u003cbr\u003e 2. A funny story\u003cbr\u003e 3. Brave Seventee-Bai\u003cbr\u003e 4. Truth's triumph\u003cbr\u003e 5. Rama and Luxman, or, the learned owl\u003cbr\u003e 6. Little Surya-Bai\u003cbr\u003e 7. The wanderings of Vicram Maharajah\u003cbr\u003e 8. Less inequality than men deem\u003cbr\u003e 9. Panch-Phul Ranee\u003cbr\u003e 10. How the sun, the moon, and the wind went out to dinner\u003cbr\u003e 11. Singh-Rajah, and the cunning little jackals\u003cbr\u003e 12. The jackal, the barber, and the brahmin who had seven daughters\u003cbr\u003e 13. Tit for tat\u003cbr\u003e 14. The brahmin, the tiger, and the six judges\u003cbr\u003e 15. The selfish sparrow and the houseless crows\u003cbr\u003e 16. The valiant chattee-maker\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Rakshas' palace\u003cbr\u003e 18. The blind man, the deaf man, and the donkey\u003cbr\u003e 19. Muchie-Lal\u003cbr\u003e 20. Chundun-Rajah\u003cbr\u003e 21. Sodewa-Bai\u003cbr\u003e 22. Chandra's vengeance\u003cbr\u003e 23. How the three clever men outwitted the demons\u003cbr\u003e 24. The alligator and the jackal\u003cbr\u003e Notes.\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":46265952272664,"sku":"9781108020770","price":30.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108020770i_4fbffe20-3d1d-4bc7-9cc6-2fa1a48717fb.jpg?v=1694869607","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/old-deccan-days-or-hindoo-fairy-legends-current-in-southern-india-paperback-9781108020770","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}