Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)

Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) Synopsis

The tales collected for Irish Fairy and Folk Tales all are reprinted from nineteenth-century sources, but they date back much further, to a time when they were part of a centuries-old oral tradition of storytelling and had yet to be committed to the printed page. These are stories that passed down through the ages virtually unaltered in their telling. To those who told and listened to them, they expressed something fundamental about Irish culture and the Irish way of life. The stories in this volume feature a wide variety of fantastic beings, including ghosts, witches, fairies, and changelings, but several feature creatures that are virtually exclusive to Ireland: the banshee, the merrow, the pooka, and the leprechaun. Read these tales of frightening supernatural horrors, brave folk heroes, and everyday people clever enough to outwit the devil, and youll agree that they could onlytake place on Irish soil. Irish Fairy and Folk Talesis one of Barnes & Nobles Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative textsby the worlds greatest authors in an elegantly designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging.