- ホーム
- > 洋書
- > 英文書
- > Juvenile Grades 7-9
Full Description
A classic children's tale about Gnomes, appealing equally, if not more so, to the adult child. Written in rich, lyrical prose, frequently shifting into the peasant dialect and interspersed with sundry verses and songs, the tale is replete with mytho-folkloric motifs, legends, superstitions, historical and biblical references, magical depictions of natural phenomena, the sunsets, the twilights, the dawns; the changing seasons, the shadows, the colors, the sounds and silences, Poland's diverse landscape, her fields, forests and mountains, along with her flora and fauna, and realistic descriptions of late 19th-century Polish rural life. Not least among The Fair Folk's charms is the author's whimsical sense of humor—a humor that often rises to a level of high hilarity.
Contents
Translator's Preface
How King Glistel's Court Chronicler Discovered Spring
Spratkin's Expedition
King Glistel Leaves the Crystal Grotto
Spratkin Meets Little Orphan Mary
Good Times
Maestro Sarabanda's Concert
Bluebonnet and His Student
At the Palace of the Mountain Queen
Midsummer's Night Eve
A Thief in the Night
Half-Lord's Alms
The Gnomes Return Underground
A Short Biography of Maria Konopnicka (1842-1910)
About the Translator
