Unhappily Ever After by Tom Phillips
‘And they all lived happily ever after…’ or so we are told in folk and fairy stories when we are young – but then we grow up and realise that life isn’t all roses and happy endings. Life is hard, life is brutal, life is raw and we just have to pick our way through it the best we can.
These traditional folk tales for adults explores the unhappily ever afters we so rarely see in stories. Each tale is expanded and the world built around them, bringing them to life, each posing a different moral question. It’s not all serious, but take heed of the lessons they teach, and use them to avoid an unhappy ever after of your own...
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Norfolk Folk Tales
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Scottish Folk Tales of Coast and Sea
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Cumbrian Folk Tales
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Highland Folk Tales
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River Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
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Caribbean Folk Tales
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Orkney Folk Tales
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Welsh Folk Tales of Coast and Sea
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears in Urdu and English
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Folk Tales from the Garden
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Folk Tales of Rock and Stone
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English Folk Tales of Coast and Sea
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Pixie Folk Tales
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The Anthology of Scottish Folk Tales: Volume II
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The Three Ravens Folk Tales
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Danish Folk Tales
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Folk Tales of Song and Dance
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Bulgarian Folk Tales
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Jewish Folk Tales in Britain and Ireland
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Folk Tales of the Wolf
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Scottish Folk Tales of Love
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The Anthology of English Folk Tales: Volume II
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The Anthology of Irish Folk Tales: Volume II
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The Giant Turnip Urdu & English
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Shetland Folk Tales
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Dal Riada Folk Tales
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Folk Tales of the Cosmos
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Swedish Folk Tales
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Folk Tales for Bold Girls
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Feline Folk Tales
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The Elves and the Shoemaker in Lithuanian and English
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Water Folk Tales
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Norwegian Folk Tales
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The Elves and the Shoemaker in Portuguese and English
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff in German & English
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff in Albanian and English
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff in Bengali and English
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Buri and the Marrow in Urdu and English
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Folk Horror Folk Tales
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The Buskers of Bremen in Portuguese and English
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The Man Who Talked to the Wind
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves in Turkish and English
Tom Phillips is a professional storyteller who aims to bring traditional stories to young and old. Whether telling stories to children in a school or adults at a heritage setting, folk tales are a constant. He has appeared on several podcasts discussing them and, in 2023, led a panel discussion about the importance of folk tales at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. He is the author of Leicestershire Folk Tales for Children and Forest Folk Tales for Children, both published by The History Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781837050055 |
| ISBN 10 | 1837050058 |
| Title | Unhappily Ever After |
| Author | Tom Phillips |
| Series | Folk Tales |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The History Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2025-08-21 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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