Books with author Flora Steel

A beautiful collection of English fairy tales retold by Flora Steel, heavily illustrated by the masterful Arthur Rackham. This collection of English fairy tales is perfect for children and the young at heart alike, and a fantastic bedtime book. Formatted for Kindle devices and the Kindle for iOS apps.Contents include:ST. GEORGE OF MERRIE ENGLANDTHE STORY OF THE THREE BEARSTOM-TIT-TOTTHE GOLDEN SNUFF-BOXTATTERCOATSTHE THREE FEATHERSLAZY JACKJACK THE GIANT-KILLERTHE THREE SILLIESTHE GOLDEN BALLTHE TWO SISTERSTHE LAIDLY WORMTITTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSEJACK AND THE BEANSTALKTHE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAYCATSKINTHE THREE LITTLE PIGSNIX NAUGHT NOTHINGMR. AND MRS. VINEGARTHE TRUE HISTORY OF SIR THOMAS THUMBHENNY-PENNYTHE THREE HEADS OF THE WELLMR. FOXDICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CATTHE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIGTHE WEE BANNOCKHOW JACK WENT OUT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNETHE BOGEY-BEASTLITTLE RED RIDING-HOODCHILDE ROWLANDTHE WISE MEN OF GOTHAMCAPORUSHESTHE BABES IN THE WOODTHE RED ETTINTHE FISH AND THE RINGLAWKAMERCYMEMASTER OF ALL MASTERSMOLLY WHUPPIE AND THE DOUBLE-FACED GIANTTHE ASS, THE TABLE, AND THE STICKTHE WELL OF THE WORLD'S ENDTHE ROSE TREE

Flora Annie Steel (1847 – 1929) was an English writer who was noted for writing books set in British India relating all features of Indian society."Tattercoats" is an English fairy tale that definitely resembles the story of Cinderella. The story relates about a great lord who had no living relatives except a little granddaughter. She grew up quite neglected since all parents of her died in the childhood. Once upon a time the grandfather was invited to a royal ball but he came with her granddaughter and a goose-herd which was a tried friend of girl. As soon as the young prince saw Tattercoat he instantly fell in love with her. After a while all visitors were amazed at the astonishing transformation. But who and how transformed?

The new year was already some hours old, but the world to which it had come was still dark. Dark with a curious obscurity, that was absolutely opaque yet faintly luminous, because of the white fog which lay on all things and hid them from the stars; for the sky above was clear, cold, almost frosty.That was why the fog, born, not of cool vapour seeking for cloud life among the winds of heaven, but of hot smoke loving the warmth of dust and ashes, clung so closely to the earth; to its birthplace.It was an acrid, bitter smoke, not even due to the dead hearthfires of a dead day, since they--like all else pertaining to the domestic life of India--give small outward sign of existence, but to the smouldering piles of litter and refuse which are lit every evening upon the outskirts of human habitation. Dull heaps with a minimum of fire, a maximum of smoke, where the humanity which has produced the litter, the refuse, gathers for gossip or for warmth.Even in the fields beyond the multitude of men, where some long-limbed peasant, watching his hope of harvest, dozes by a solitary fire, this same smoke rises in a solid column, until--beaten down by the colder moister air above--it drifts sideways to spread like a vast cobweb over the dew-set carpet of green corn.So it was small wonder if here, at Nushapore, with its fifty thousand and odd dwellers in cantonments, its two hundred and odd thousand dwellers in the town, the smoke fog hid earth from heaven; hid even the steady coming of day.For it was close on dawn. The most silent, most restful hour of an Indian night, yet one still holding that vague sense of life and movement inseparable from an environment in which there is no set time for sleeping or waking; in which folk gossip all night, and sleep all day, should the humour so take them.It had so seized on some one, apparently, this New Year's night, for two voices rose, not in whispers, but monotone, from one of the verandahs in Government House--rose insistently, until, from within the closed doors, came a sharp though drowsy order for silence--

This e-book edition comes with 4 books, more than 80 illustrations and an active table of contents. This edition is illustrated and carefully crafted for Kindle Readers.1.The Adventures Of Akbar2.English Fairy Tales3.The Potter's Thumb4.Tales Of The PunjabAuthor: Flora Annie Steel (2 April 1847 – 12 April 1929) was an English writer who lived in British India for 22 years. She was noted especially for books set in India or otherwise connected with it.

CONTENTS:1.ST. GEORGE OF MERRIE ENGLAND2.TOM-TIT-TOT3.THE GOLDEN SNUFF-BOX4.TATTERCOATS5.THE THREE FEATHERS6.LAZY JACK7.JACK THE GIANT-KILLER8.THE THREE SILLIES9.THE GOLDEN BALL10.THE GOLDEN BALL11.THE TWO SISTERS12.THE LAIDLY WORM13.TITTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSE14.JACK AND THE BEANSTALKINTRODUCTIONThe 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.

In 1867 Flora Steel married a member of the Indian civil service, and for the next twenty-two years lived in India, chiefly in the Punjab, with which most of her books are connected. She was interested in interacting with Indian women of all classes and used the birth of her daughter to meet these women. She encouraged the production of local handicrafts and collected folk-tales. Tales Of The Punjab was published in 1894. From the very beginning the young reader is drawn into the stories. "Would you like to know how these stories are told? Come with me, and you shall see. There! take my hand and do not be afraid, for Prince Hassan's carpet is beneath your feet. So now!--'Hey presto! Abracadabra!' Here we are in a Punjabi village." Some of the tales included are Sir Buzz, The Rat's Wedding, The Faithful Prince, The Bear's Bad Bargain, Prince Lion heart and his Three Friends, The Lambkin, and Bopoluchi

Flora Annie Steel was born on 2 April 1847. Married at 20 to Henry William Steel, who was a member of the Indian civil service, she spent the next twenty-two years in India. Her husband suffered from ill health so at times she would take over some responsibilities such as inspecting schools. Her writing almost always involved some part of India and its sprawling culture. In 1889 the family moved back to Scotland where she continued to write including this delightful volume of English Fairy Tales.