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    Alligator and the Jackal, The

    by Mary Frere ...
    Narrated by Cathy Dobson ...

    Unabridged

    10 min

    Mary Eliza Isabella Frere (1845–1911) was an English author of the first English-language field-collected book of Indian folk tales."The Alligator and the Jackal" is the story of a jackal who narrowly escapes being eaten by an alligator on the banks of a river. Following this incident, the alligator is determined to catch the cunning jackal. The Jackal is equally determined not to be eaten. A ... Read more

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    Brahman, the Tiger and the Six Judges, The

    by Mary Frere ...
    Narrated by Cathy Dobson ...

    Unabridged

    8 min

    Mary Eliza Isabella Frere (1845–1911) was an English author of the first English-language field-collected book of Indian storytales."The Brahman, the Tiger and the Six Judges" is the tale of an ungrateful tiger who gets his just desserts. The tiger has been captured, but persuades the passing Brahman to release him. When the Brahman does so, the tiger announces that he intends to eat him. But the ... Read more

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  • Old Deccan Days

    Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India Collected from Oral Tradition

    by Mary Frere ...
    Mary Eliza Isabella Frere (1845–1911) was an English author of works regarding India. In 1868 Frere published the first English-language field-collected book of Indian fairy-tales, Old Deccan Days.Frere was born in Gloucestershire, England on 11 August 1845. Her father, Henry Bartle Frere, served in the colonial administration of Bombay since 1834. In 1862 he was appointed Governor of Bombay.Mary ... Read more

    $4.01 USD

  • Old Deccan Days

    by Mary Frere ...
    I HAVE been often asked under what circumstances these stories were collected? The circumstances were as follows. In the cold weather of 1865-6, my father, whom I accompanied, made a three months' tour through the Southern Mahratta Country, in the Bombay Presidency, of which he was then Governor. Our party was composed of my father and his Staff, to whom were usually added two or three friends, ... Read more

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    Punchkin

    by Mary Frere ...
    Narrated by Cathy Dobson ...

    Unabridged

    31 min

    Mary Eliza Isabella Frere (1845–1911) was an English author of works regarding India. She is most famous for her beautiful retellings of Indian fairy tales."Punchkin" is a traditional fairy tale about a Rajah with seven daughters. When he remarries, the princesses' stepmother is determined to do away with the girls and make her own daughter the heir to the throne. A series of adventures and trials ... Read more

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  • Old Deccan Days

    by Mary Frere ...
    Mary Eliza Isabella Frere (18451911) was an English author of works regarding India. In 1868 Frere published the first English-language field-collected book of Indian fairy-tales, Old Deccan Days.Frere was born in Gloucestershire, England on 11 August 1845. Her father, Henry Bartle Frere, served in the colonial administration of Bombay since 1834. In 1862 he was appointed Governor of Bombay.Mary ... Read more

    $2.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Blind Man, the Deaf Man and the Donkey, The

    by Mary Frere ...
    Narrated by Cathy Dobson ...

    Unabridged

    17 min

    Mary Eliza Isabella Frere (1845–1911) was an English author of the first English-language field-collected book of Indian folk stories."The Blind Man, the Deaf Man and the Donkey" is a strange but compelling tale of two co-dependent friends who nonetheless mistrust each other. They find a donkey and a large container... and then when sheltering from a storm in what they mistake for a temple, they ... Read more

    $3.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Old Deccan Days OR HINDOO FAIRY LEGENDS CURRENT IN SOUTHERN INDIA

    by Mary Frere ...
    "Old Deccan Days" is a fascinating collection of Indian folktales and legends authored by using Mary Frere, a British author and folklorist. This book gives readers a satisfying glimpse into the wealthy cultural background and storytelling traditions of the Deccan location in India. Mary Frere, who spent an enormous a part of her existence in India because the daughter of a British colonial ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Elections and the Media in Post-Conflict Africa

    Votes and Voices for Peace?

    by Marie-Soleil Frere ...
    Over the past ten years, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Chad, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo and Rwanda all organized pluralist elections in a post conflict context, having experienced an armed conflict which either interrupted or prevented democratization processes. These polls were organized with the support of the international community, which viewed them as a crucial ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • Old Deccan Days; or, Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India

    Mythical Tales from Ancient Deccan Realms

    by Various, Bartle Frere ...
    Old Deccan Days; or, Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India showcases a vibrant tapestry of Southern Indian folklore presented through a myriad of literary styles. This anthology invites readers into a world where traditional fairy tales and imaginative fables intertwine to reveal the cultural richness of the Deccan region. The collection offers a window into the timeless narratives that ... Read more

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    Great Fairy Tale Collection, The

    Marvellous Tales from around the World

    by Andrew Lang, Maurice Baring, Marie Frere ...
    Narrated by Cathy Dobson ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 33 min

    A fascinating collection of some of the great—but less well known—fairy tales of all time.The Glass MenderThe Giant who had no HeartThe Gifts of the MagicianThe Miller, his Son and their AssPunchkinThe Enchanted KnifeThe MinstrelThe StonecutterThe ParrotThe Alligator and the JackalThe Stag at the PoolThe Cormorants of UdrostThe Three DogsThe Brahma... ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Politics and Journalism in Francophone Africa

    Systems, Practices and Identities

    by Marie-Soleil Frère ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive approach of the media, journalism and politics in Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa. The author argues that there are common features that the media and journalism share in the seventeen countries of Francophone Africa and these make the local media systems different from what they are in neighboring English-speaking African countries, and in the rest of the world. ... Read more

    $98.09 USD