Old Deccan Days: Or, Hindoo Fairy Legends, Current in Southern India

by Mary Eliza Isabella Frere and Henry Bartle Edward Frere

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First published in 1868, this volume contains a collection of twenty-four traditional stories from the southern Indian state of Maharashtra. Mary Eliza Isabella Frere (1845-1911) travelled to India in 1863 to stay with her father, Sir Bartle Frere, the Governor of Bombay. She became fascinated with Indian culture and transcribed these stories from her ayah (nanny and chaperone) Anna Liberata da Souza who had been told them by her grandmother. Expressive...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1108020771

ISBN13:9781108020770

Release Date:September 2010

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:380 Pages

Weight:1.06 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Education & Reference Fairy Tales Folklore Folklore & Mythology History Human Geography Literature & Fiction Mythology & Folk Tales Reference Social Science

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