August Nemo

Flora Annie Steel

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. In this book you will find seven short stories specially selected by the critic August Nemo: - Sir Buzz - The Rat's Wedding - The Faitful Prince - The Bear's Bad Bargain - Prince Lionheart and HisThree Friends - Princess Aubergine - Valiant Vicky, The Brave Weaver

7 best short stories by Flora Annie Steel

Contents: 1.THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY 2.CATSKIN 3.THE THREE LITTLE PIGS 4.NIX NAUGHT NOTHING 5.MR. AND MRS. VINEGAR 6.THE TRUE HISTORY OF SIR THOMAS THUMB 7.HENNY-PENNY 8.THE THREE HEADS OF THE WELL 9.MR. FOX 10.DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT 11.THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG 12.THE WEE BANNOCK 13.HOW JACK WENT OUT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE 14.THE BOGEY-BEAST 15.CHILDE ROWLAND 16.THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM 17.CAPORUSHES 18.THE RED ETTIN 19.THE FISH AND THE RING 20.MASTER OF ALL MASTERS 21.MOLLY WHUPPIE AND THE DOUBLE-FACED GIANT 22.THE ASS, THE TABLE, AND THE STICK 23.THE WELL OF THE WORLD'S END 24.THE ROSE TREE INTRODUCTION The stories collected in this volume have been selected from many sources, because in the judgment of the editor, they are sound pieces of writing, wholesome in tone, varied in interest and style, and interesting. It is his hope that they will not only furnish good reading, but that they will suggest the kind of reading in this field that should be within the reach of children. Children ought to have stories at hand precisely as they ought to have food, toys, games, playgrounds, because stories meet one of the normal needs of their natures. But these stories, like the food given to the body, ought to be intelligently selected, not only for their quality but for their adaptation. There are many good books which ought not to be in the hands of children because children have not had the experience which interprets them; they will either fail to understand, or if they understand, they will suffer a sudden forcing of growth in the knowledge of life which is always unwholesome. The fairy tale belongs to the child and ought always to be within his reach, not only because it is his special literary form and his nature craves it, but because it is one of the most vital of the textbooks offered to him in the school of life. As a class, children not only possess the faculty of imagination, but are very largely occupied with it during the most sensitive and formative years, and those who lack it are brought under its spell by their fellows. They do not accurately distinguish between the actual and the imaginary, and they live at ease in a world out of which paths run in every direction into wonderland.

Prince and Princess Short Stories for Kids

English Fairy Tale Stories for Children

Arnold Bennett

Maria Edgeworth

Margaret Oliphant

Edward Bellamy

Amelia B. Edwards

S. Baring-Gould

Charlotte Riddell

H. and E. Heron

Sheridan Le Fanu

This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: Sheridan Le Fanu: - Carmilla - Green Tea - Mr. Justice Harbottle - The Familiar - The Room in the Dragon Volant - Jim Sulivan's Adventures in the Great Snow - HauntedH. Heron and E. Heron: - The Story of Saddler's Croft - The Story of Baelbrow - The Story of Yand Manor House - The Story of Konnor Old House - The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith - The Story of Sevens Hall - The Tale of the Moor RoadCharlotte Riddell: - A Strange Christmas Story - Walnut-Tree House - The Open Door - Nut Bush Farm - The Old House in Vauxhall Walk - Sandy the Tinker - Old Mrs. JonesFlora Annie Steel: - Sir Buzz - The Rat's Wedding - The Faitful Prince - The Bear's Bad Bargain - Prince Lionheart and HisThree Friends - Princess Aubergine - Valiant Vicky, The Brave WeaverAmelia B. Edwards: - A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest - The Story of Salome - In the Confessional - Was it an illusion? - How the Third Floor Knew the Potteries - The Tragedy in the Palazzo BardelloMargaret Oliphant: - A window's tale. - Queen Eleanor and fair Rosamond - Mademoiselle - The Lily and the thorn - The strange adventures of John Percival - A story of a wedding-tour - JohnMaria Edgeworth: - The Grateful Negro - The Prussian Vase - The Good Aunt - The Good French Governess - The Orphans - The False Key - TarltonS. Baring-Gould: - Jean Bouchon - Pomps and Vanities - McAlister - The Leaden Ring - The Mother of Pansies - The Red-haired Girl - A Professional Secret Edward Bellamy: - The Blindman's World - An Echo Of Antietam - The Old Folks' Party - The Cold Snap - Two Days' Solitary Imprisonment - Potts's Painless Cure - A Summer Evening's DreamArnold Bennett: - The Lion's Share - The Burglary - News of the Engagement - Beginning the New Year - From One Generation to Another - The Death of Simon Fuge - In a New Bottle

Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 10

Reproduction of the original: In the Permanent Way by Flora Annie Steel

In the Permanent Way

Andy Adams

Eleanor H. Porter

Francis Marion Crawford

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Kenneth Grahame

Gertrude Stein

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

John Buchan

Anthony Hope

Alice Duer Miller

A. E. W. Mason

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Otis Adelbert Kline

Hugh Walpole

Fitz James O'Brien

Barry Pain

Mór Jókai

Arthur Quiller-Couch

John Ulrich Giesy

B. M. Bower

Gilbert Parker

Julian Hawthorne

Frank Richard Stockton

Richard Middleton

Jacques Futrelle

William Pett Ridge

Daniil Kharms

Ella D'Arcy

Pierre Louÿs

Ethel Richardson

Bertha Sinclair

Valery Bryusov

Gertrude Bennett

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford

Elizabeth Garver Jordan

Richard Austin Freeman

Leonard Merrick

Ethel Watts Mumford

Anne O'Hagan Shinn

Frank Lucius Packard

E.F. Benson

This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: - Sheridan Le Fanu - H. and E. Heron - Charlotte Riddell - Flora Annie Steel - Amelia B. Edwards - Margaret Oliphant - Edward Bellamy - Arnold Bennett - S. Baring-Gould - Daniil Kharms - E.F. Benson - John Buchan - Ella D'Arcy - Jacques Futrelle - Frank Richard Stockton - John Kendrick Bangs - Kenneth Grahame - Julian Hawthorne - A. E. W. Mason - Richard Middleton - Pierre Louÿs - Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole - Ethel Richardson - Gertrude Stein - E. Phillips Oppenheim - Arthur Quiller-Couch - Mór Jókai - Andy Adams - Bertha Sinclair - Fitz James O'Brien - Eleanor H. Porter - Valery Bryusov - John Ulrich Giesy - Otis Adelbert Kline - Paul Laurence Dunbar - Frank Lucius Packard - Barry Pain - Gertrude Bennett - Francis Marion Crawford - William Pett Ridge - Gilbert Parker - Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford - Elizabeth Garver Jordan - Richard Austin Freeman - Alice Duer Miller - Leonard Merrick - Anthony Hope - Ethel Watts Mumford - Anne O'Hagan Shinn - B. M. Bower

Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 3

Tales of the Punjab (1894) is a collection of stories translated and collected by Flora Annie Steel. Collected while Steel lived with her husband in the north of the Indian subcontinent, Tales of the Punjab was a successful introduction to legends and stories from the Punjab region for children and adults back home in England. Published while India remained under the control of the British Empire, Steel’s collection puts a decidedly Western twist on the stories she learned from local women while advocating for education reform. In a village in the Punjab, as the sun sets on an exceedingly hot day, the local people return from the fields to prepare dinner and settle down for the evening. As they await the cooling winds of midnight in order to sleep outside, the villagers gather around a local storyteller. Possessing a wide knowledge of legends, tales, and history, he calmly begins to speak to his gathered audience. “Sir Buzz” is the story of a woman and her son who are left in dire poverty following the death of her husband, a soldier. Although young, the boy dreams of setting out into the world in order to bring something home for his mother. Finding six shillings in the pocket of an old coat, he leaves his home only to run into an injured tigress. Unable to remove a thorn from her paw, she asks the boy for his assistance, and offers him a mysterious reward. In “The Rat’s Wedding,” a rat takes shelter underground during a steady rainstorm. In his digging, he discovers a root, which he takes with him on his journey homeward once the rain subsides. Looking forward to using the root for himself, he encounters an old man struggling to light a fire with wood soaked through with rain. Exchanging his root for a piece of food, the generous rat continues on his way. Tales of the Punjab is a collection of forty-three instructive, humorous, and authentic stories translated by Flora Annie Steel. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Flora Annie Steel’s Tales of the Punjab is a classic of Anglo-Indian literature reimagined for modern readers.

Tales of the Punjab

Wide-awake stories: tales told by children in the Panjab and Kashmir [collected and tr.] by F.A. Steel and R.C. Temple

English Fairy Tales By Flora Annie Steel "One of the great nineteenth-century folklorists, Joseph Jacobs collected stories from oral sources and made scholarly notes on their origin, but he deliberately recorded them in a plain and direct style which he thought suitable for children and which makes them 'supremely tellable'. First published in 1890, his famous collection includes all the well-known tales, such as JACK AND THE BEANSTALK and DICK WHITTINGTON, as well as British variants of stories common to many cultures. The illustrations by John Batten are taken from the first edition." We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

English Fairy Tales

The Two Sisters a classic tale retold by Flora Annie Steel in her original collection of English Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. This short story is ideal for betime reading with the soft moral lesson that - One Good Turn Deserves Another." Recommended by The Gunston Trust for Nonviolence in Childrne's Literature. Ages 5-12.

A Vintage Edition

The Two Sisters

Fairy Tales Book A collection of 41 English fairy tales by Flora Annie Steel, first published in 1922. Fairy Tales Book Fairy tales include: St. George Of Merrie England; The Story Of The Three Bears; Tom-Tit-Tot; The Golden Snuff-Box; Tattercoats; The Three Feathers; Lazy Jack; Jack The Giant-Killer; The Three Sillies; The Golden Ball; The Two Sisters; The Laidly Worm; Titty Mouse And Tatty Mouse; Jack And The Beanstalk; The Black Bull Of Norroway; Catskin; The Three Little Pigs; Nix Naught Nothing; Mr. And Mrs. Vinegar; The True History Of Sir Thomas Thumb; Henny-Penny; The Three Heads Of The Well; Mr. Fox; Dick Whittington And His Cat; The Old Woman And Her Pig; The Wee Bannock; How Jack Went Out To Seek His Fortune; The Bogey-Beast; Little Red Riding-Hood; Childe Rowland; The Wise Men Of Gotham; Caporushes; The Babes In The Wood; The Red Ettin; The Fish And The Ring; Lawkamercyme; Master Of All Masters; Molly Whuppie And The Double-Faced Giant; The Ass, The Table, And The Stick; The Well Of The World's End; and, The Rose Tree Fairy Tales Book. Fairy Tales Book

Fairy Tales Book

Fairy Tales Book Flora Annie Steel: Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Book

Grace Gardiner

'an Indian household can no more be governed peacefully, without dignity and prestige, than an Indian Empire' InThe Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook (1888) Flora Annie Steel and her co-author Grace Gardiner provide practical, and often highly opinionated, advice to young memsahibs in India. They explain how to 'make a hold' over servants, how to establish and stock a storeroom, how to plan a menu, manage young children, treat bites from 'mad, or even doubtful dogs', and teach an Indian cook how to make fish quenelles. The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook promised its reader a comprehensive guide to domesticitiy in India, even if she found herself living in camps or in the jungle, on the hills or in the plains, whether she was the wife of an influential Indian Civil Servant or a missionary. This new edition, complete with its stimulating introduction and substantial notes, makes available a classic domestic work that in detailing the memsahib's role in the household sheds light on the entire imperial experience. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook

With Notes By R.C. Temple & Illustrations By Lockwood J.Kipling

Told by the People

Reproduction of the original: Voices in the Night by Flora Annie Steel

Voices in the Night

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.

Being the Autobiography of Flora Annie Steel, 1847-1929

The Garden of Fidelity

“From the Five Rivers” is a 1901 collection of short stories by Flora Annie Steel. Flora Annie Steel (1847 – 1929) was an English writer who notably lived in British India for 22 years and is best remembered for her books set or related to the sub-continent. Like most of her work, these tales are set in colonial India and offer a unique insight into what life was like at that time. The stories include: “Gunesh Chund”, “The Blue Monkey”, “Shah Sujah's Mouse”, “Suttu”, “At a Girls' School”, “In a Citron Garden”, “Nur Jehan”, “Shurfu the Zaildar”, “Songs of the People”, “Plough Song”, etc. Other notable works by this author include: “Tales of the Punjab” (1894), “The Flower of Forgiveness” (1894), and “The Potter's Thumb” (1894). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

From the Five Rivers

“Voices in the Night” is a 1900 historical novel by Flora Annie Steel. Flora Annie Steel (1847 – 1929) was an English writer who notably lived in British India for 22 years and is best remembered for her books set or related to the sub-continent. Steel's historical novel “Voices in the Night” offers the reader a glimpse into colonial India that is typical of her fiction, weaving a delicate story to the backdrop of British imperialism in an exotic land. An entertaining and insightful novel, “Voices in the Night” is highly recommended for those with an interest in India's history and will not disappoint those who have read and enjoyed other works by this author. Also by this author: “Tales of the Punjab” (1894), “The Flower of Forgiveness” (1894), and “The Potter's Thumb” (1894). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

Reproduction of the original: The Mercy of the Lord by Flora Annie Steel

The Mercy of the Lord

E. F. Benson

John Kendrick Bangs

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole

Reproduction of the original: On the Face of the Waters by Flora Annie Steel

On the Face of the Waters

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Flora Annie Steelwhich areOn the Face of the Waters and Miss Stuart's Legacy.Flora Annie Steel has been described by scholars as "the female Rudyard Kipling,". Steel's fiction offers a woman's perspective on British colonial government and Anglo-Indian relations. Novels selected for this book: - On the Face of the Waters: A Tale of the Mutiny - Miss Stuart's Legacy This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

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