“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
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Title
“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
Description
This collections of tales is not intended for children, but is instead an attempt to gather tales that the editor feels are disappearing from circulation. There are small variations in the details of the story, but these don’t distract the reader from the moral of the story: Jack becomes an obedient and loving child. At the beginning of the tale, the character of Jack is lazy and unmotivated and there is an addition to the story which involves a fairy character.
Alternative Title
English Fairy and Other Folk Tales
Creator
Hartland, Edwin Sidney
Spatial Coverage
London and New York
Coverage
England and US
Publisher
The Walter Scott Publishing CO,. LTD
Date
1906
Temporal Coverage
1900-1909
Identifier
Ogres and Giants
Abstract
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.
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