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English Fairy Tales

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Cover of English Fairy Tales

Cover: Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar at home, frontispiece to English Fairy Tales (1918), colour plate by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1939; published 1918)

Joseph Jacobs's 1890 collection of English tales, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Tom Tit Tot and The Three Little Pigs. Retold in the spoken English of the villages where they were found. The best-loved gathering of English folk tales.

Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: Tom Tit Tot
  2. 2: The Three Sillies
  3. 3: The Rose-Tree
  4. 4: The Old Woman and Her Pig
  5. 5: How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune
  6. 6: Mr. Vinegar
  7. 7: Nix Nought Nothing
  8. 8: Jack Hannaford
  9. 9: Binnorie
  10. 10: Mouse and Mouser
  11. 11: Cap O' Rushes
  12. 12: Teeny-Tiny
  13. 13: Jack and the Beanstalk
  14. 14: The Story of the Three Little Pigs
  15. 15: The Master and His Pupil
  16. 16: Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse
  17. 17: Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box
  18. 18: The Story of the Three Bears
  19. 19: Jack the Giant-Killer
  20. 20: Henny-Penny
  21. 21: Childe Rowland
  22. 22: Molly Whuppie
  23. 23: The Red Ettin
  24. 24: The Golden Arm
  25. 25: The History of Tom Thumb
  26. 26: Mr. Fox
  27. 27: Lazy Jack
  28. 28: Johnny-Cake
  29. 29: Earl Mar's Daughter
  30. 30: Mr. Miacca
  31. 31: Whittington and His Cat
  32. 32: The Strange Visitor
  33. 33: The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh
  34. 34: The Cat and the Mouse
  35. 35: The Fish and the Ring
  36. 36: The Magpie's Nest
  37. 37: Kate Crackernuts
  38. 38: The Cauld Lad of Hilton
  39. 39: The Ass, the Table, and the Stick
  40. 40: Fairy Ointment
  41. 41: The Well of the World's End
  42. 42: Master of All Masters
  43. 43: The Three Heads of the Well