Author: Arnold BennettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Old Wives' Tale
Author: Arnold BennettThe Old Wives Tale, 1595
Author: George PeelePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book
Author: Angela CarterPublisher: Pantheon
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Fairy tales, folk tales, stories from the oral tradition, are all of them the most vital connection we have with the imaginations of the ordinary men and women whose labour created our world." -- From the Introduction There was a time when fairy tales weren't meant just for children -- they were part of an oral folklore tradition passed down through generations. This volume of sixty enchanting and enduring tales, collected by master storyteller Angela Carter, revives the industry, eccentricity, spirit, and worldly wisdom of women in preindustrial times. Drawn from narrative traditions all around the world -- from ancient Swahili legends to Appalachian tall tales to European spirit stories and more -- these tales together comprise a unique feminine mythology. Angela Carter (1940-1992) was widely known for her novels, short stories, and journalism. Her many books include The Magic Toy Shop, The Sadeian Woman, Nights at the Circus, Fireworks, and Saints and Strangers.
Old Wives' Tales
Author: Mary ChamberlainPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752486799
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
From goddesses and witches to modern-day doctors—an entertaining history of women healers featuring an A–Z of remedies The woman healer is as old as history—for millennia she has been doctor, nurse, and midwife, and even in the age of modern medicine her wisdom is handed down in the form of old wives' tales. Using extensive research into archives and original texts, and numerous conversations with women in city and countryside, Mary Chamberlain presents a stimulating challenge to the history of orthodox medicine and an illuminating survey of female wisdom which goes back to the earliest times.What are old wives’ tales? Where do they come from? Do they really work? These questions, and many more, are answered in this fascinating compendium of remedies and cures handed down from mother to daughter from the beginning of time. We may all know that stewed prunes are a cure for constipation, but how many of us were aware that a poultice of chicken manure is a remedy for baldness? Or that eel liver will aid a difficult labor?
Old Wives' Tales
Author: Peter H. EngelPublisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312098896
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Assesses the truth and falsehood of one hundred examples of conventional wisdom
The Absent Mother, Or Women Against Women in the "old Wives Tales"
Author: Marina WarnerPublisher: Uitgeverij Verloren
ISBN: 9789065503435
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Margaret AtwoodPublisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0771008791
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate “Handmaids” under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred’s persistent memories of life in the “time before” and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. Provocative, startling, prophetic, and with Margaret Atwood’s devastating irony, wit, and acute perceptive powers in full force, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning.
The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History
Author: Aida EdemariamPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007459610
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
WINNER OF THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019 AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR A CBC BOOK OF THE YEAR The extraordinary story of an indomitable 95-year-old woman – and of the most extraordinary century in Ethiopia’s history. A new Wild Swans
The Virago Book of Fairy Tales
Author: Angela CarterPublisher:
ISBN: 9781853814402
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
These two collections of little-known stories from Europe, the Arctic, the USA, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, contain tales of alluring women, ailing warriors, enchantresses and seekers of revenge. The heroines are always centre stage, as large as life, or even larger.
Boy Or Girl
Author: Shelly LavignePublisher: Dell
ISBN: 9780440504597
Category : Pregnancy
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Want to know the sex of your unborn child? Now 50 of the wisest old wives' tales are brought together in one adorable book for parents-to-be who are intrigued with predicting their baby's gender. Includes games to play at a baby shower, a gift plate that can be personalized by the giver, and the Chinese Conception Chart.