Tales of the Punjab by Flora Annie Steel
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 BopoluchiFlora Annie Steel (1847-1929) was an English writer. Born in Middlesex, she married Henry William Steel, a member of the Indian Civil Service, in 1867. Together they moved to India, where they lived for the next two decades. During her time in the Punjab, a region in the north of the Indian subcontinent, Steel developed a deep interest in the life of its native people. Befriending local women, she learned their language and collected folk tales--later published in Tales of the Punjab (1894)--while advocating for educational reform. After moving home to Scotland with her family in 1889, Steel began working on her novel On the Face of the Waters (1896) an influential work of historical fiction set during the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780370012711 |
| ISBN 10 | 0370012712 |
| Title | Tales of the Punjab |
| Author | Flora Annie Steel |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 1973-06-21 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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