Collected Item: ““Jack and the Beanstalk.” English Fairy and Other Folk Tales, edited by Edwin Sidney Hartland, London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., LTD, [1890], pp. 35-44”
Full bibliographic citation (MLA)
“Jack and the Beanstalk.” English Fairy and Other Folk Tales, edited by Edwin Sidney Hartland, London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., LTD, [1890], pp. 35-44
Title of the complete book/anthology (not a single chapter/fairy tale)
English fairy and other folk tales
The name of the author or editor of the complete book/anthology (leave blank if none are listed)
Hartland, Edwin Sidney
City where the book/anthology was published
New York
The country where the book/anthology was published (use United States for US publications)
United States
The publisher of the book/anthology (as written on the title page)
The Walter Scott Publishing CO,. LTD
Date of publication (or date range from the library catalog, if no dates are listed in the book)
1906
The decade the book was published (use the drop down menu)
1900-1909
The fairy tale type (use the drop down menu)
Ogres and Giants
What is special about this version of the tale?
There are small variations that are made to the detailing of the story which adds flavor but doesn’t distract the reader from the moral of the story. The character of Jack is lazy and unmotivated and there is an addition to the story which involves a fairy character.
A brief summary of the plot that highlights any unique variations
Jack and his mother were poor had to sell the cow because she had nothing left to sell. Jack never helped her and only expressed hunger. He sells the cow to the old man in exchange for beans, but Jack did not know the beans were magical. The next morning, he climbs up the beanstalk despite his mother telling not to and a fairy tells him a story he didn’t know about his parents and the ogre.
A link to a digital copy of the book
https://archive.org/details/englishfairyothe00hartiala/page/34/mode/2up
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