Sybil Marshall

A Pride of Tigers

"A compilation of vivid, sometimes fearsome stories...The England we visit here has no afternoon teas or jolly rounds of cricket on lovely green lawns. In these pages, the sophisticated reader steps onto older, darker soil half-soaked in blood, superstition, and magic." --The Wall Street Journal

The Book of English Folk Tales

John Lawrence

The tradition of storytelling is as old as the spoken word, but it is as strong today as it has ever been.In order to appreciate and enjoy them to the full, one has only to 'suspend disbelief'and surrender completely to the sheer pleasure of reading and being entertained

English Folk Tales

From the outset, one is transported into the world of William Burbage and Fran and the close-knit community of Old Swithinford, the ancient East Anglian village that had always seemed to be a haven against trouble. Since middle-aged widow, Fran, came back to live there three years ago, there have been plenty of changes, and she scandalizes the village by setting up home with William. A delightful mix of passions, scandals, friendship and village gossiP envelops the people of East Anglia. A final surprise awaits both the community and the reader alike with the arrival of a newcomer.

Sharp Through the Hawthorn

Fran returns to Old Swithinford only to discover that her childhood memories of placid village life have been transformed by discontent and a struggle between progress and tradition.

A Nest of Magpies

Sybil Marshall recounts eighteen years' work at Kingston County Primary School in Cambridgeshire, beginning with a glance back at her own childhood (and her experience of 'art' as it was then 'taught'), and ending with the prospect of her going at last to Cambridge to read the English tripos, as a mature scholar with a bursary from the Extra-Mural Board. The essential point about her method- the 'symphonic method' as she calls it- is that art takes its rightful place as an element in the whole business of education. The plates reproduce the children's work.--[book jacket]

An Experiment in Education

A Late Lark Singing

An autobiography of life as a 'Fen-tiger'. A portrait of growing up in the Black Fens of Huntingdonshire - a way of life now almost extinct.

A Fen Family and Its Fortunes

The ancient East Anglian village of Old Swithinford had always seemed to be a haven against trouble. But since middle-aged widow Fran came back to live there three years ago there have been plenty of changes. Fran and William scandalize certain established villagers when they set up home together.

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