J. F. Campbell (1821–1885)
Auteur van Celtic Fairy Tales
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Werken van J. F. Campbell
More West Highland Tales 6 exemplaren
Leabhar na Feinne. Heroic Gaelic ballads, collected in Scotland chiefly from 1512 to 1871 (1972) 3 exemplaren
'Squatting' on crown lands in New South Wales 2 exemplaren
Life In Normandy: Sketches Of French Fishing, Farming, Cooking, Natural History, And Politics, Drawn From Nature,… (2011) 1 exemplaar
Na sé bonnaich bheaga : the six little bannocks and other short fairytales from the Gaelic 1 exemplaar
"Squatting" on crown lands in Australia 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Campbell, John Francis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Caimbeul, Iain Frangan
Iain Òg Ìle - Geboortedatum
- 1821-12-29
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1885-02-17
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- Scotland, UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Cannes, France
- Opleiding
- Eton College
University of Edinburgh
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Life In Normandy: Sketches Of French Fishing,… door John Francis Campbell
What a fun research read! It is essentially a food-focused travelogue of two friends traveling in Normandy, published soon after their deaths in the 1850s. It’s an incredibly easy read for the period, full of vivid characters and detailed explanations about harvesting marine life along the shore. There’s one tense bit where the men walked out too far on the sand and a local young girl saves them as the tides floods back in. For my research needs, I love that the top of each page references the general theme of the story beneath.… (meer)
Skill levels among the readers varied widely, generally stripping the stories of their intended humor or romance.
This is NOT written as a children's book. The language in this book is written in Old English and reads more like a Shakepearean sonnet. I bought this to add to my young son's library, but it is not appropriate for that. I'm sure however that adults who can read Old English with ease would find this book entertaining.
The stories were good, and some were new to me; but there were a great many variations on the tale of the giant/monster/creature whose soul was kept in a succession of animals within each other, and the hero was helped by three animals on his way--though some of the variations were different enough to be quite interesting despite the great similarities.
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