Gathered by the renowned Irish poet, playwright, and essayist William Butler Yeats, the sixty-five tales and poems in this delightful collection uniquely capture the rich heritage of the Celtic imagination. Filled with legends of village ghosts, fairies, demons, witches, priests, and saints, these s
Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales from Burns to Buchan
β Scribed by Gordon Jarvie
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 138 KB
- Edition
- Rev. and expanded ed
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Mystery and excitement abound in this lively collection of fairy tales, folklore and legends, which celebrate Scotland's enormously rich oral tradition and offers a carefully chosen combination of old favourites such as Tam Lin, Thomas Rymer and Adam Bell, as well as more modern stories by master story-tellers like Andrew Lang, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and John Buchan.
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