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Гарриет Бичер-Стоу. Classics Retold – World's Greatest Tales Adapted for the Youngest
Classics Retold – World’s Greatest Tales Adapted for the Youngest
Table of Contents
The Iliad of Homer
ADAPTED BY JEANIE LANG
I. THE STORY OF WHAT LED TO THE SIEGE OF TROY
II. THE COUNCIL
III. THE FIGHT BETWEEN PARIS AND MENELAUS
IV. HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE
V. HOW PATROCLUS FOUGHT AND DIED
VI. THE ROUSING OF ACHILLES
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca (Homer)
ADAPTED BY JEANIE LANG
I. WHAT HAPPENED IN ITHACA WHILE ODYSSEUS WAS AWAY
II. HOW ODYSSEUS CAME HOME
The Arabian Nights Entertainments (Andrew Lang)
ADAPTED BY AMY STEEDMAN
I. ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP
II. THE ENCHANTED HORSE
III. SINDBAD THE SAILOR
Viking Tales (Jennie Hall)
VIKING TALES
What the Sagas Were
Part I. In Norway
The Baby
FOOTNOTES:
The Tooth Thrall
Olaf's Farm
FOOTNOTES:
Olaf's Fight With Havard
FOOTNOTES:
Foes'-fear
Harald is King
FOOTNOTES:
Harald's Battle
Gyda's Saucy Message
FOOTNOTES:
The Sea Fight
FOOTNOTES:
King Harald's Wedding
King Harald Goes West-Over-Seas
Part II. West-Over-Seas
Homes in Iceland
FOOTNOTES:
Eric the Red
FOOTNOTES:
Leif and His New Land
Wineland the Good
FOOTNOTES:
Descriptive Notes
FOOTNOTES:
Suggestions to Teachers
A Pronouncing Index
A Guide to Pronunciation
Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table (Andrew Lang)
INTRODUCTION
PART I. THE DRAWING OF THE SWORD
THE SWORD EXCALIBUR
HOW THE ROUND TABLE BEGAN
THE STORY OF SIR BALIN
WHAT BEAUMAINS ASKED OF THE KING
HOW MORGAN LE FAY TRIED TO KILL KING ARTHUR
THE PASSING OF MERLIN
PART II. THE QUEST OF THE HOLY GRAAL
I. How the King went on Pilgrimage and his Squire was slain in a Dream
II. The Coming of the Holy Graal
III. The Adventure of Sir Galahad
IV. How Sir Lancelot saw a Vision, and repented of his Sins
V. The Adventure of Sir Percivale
VI. An Adventure of Sir Lancelot
VII. An Adventure of Sir Gawaine
VIII. The Adventure of Sir Bors
IX. Adventure of Sir Galahad
X. Sir Lancelot meets Sir Galahad, and they part for Ever
XI. How Sir Galahad found the Graal and died of that Finding
PART III. THE FIGHT FOR THE QUEEN
THE FAIR MAID OF ASTOLAT
PART IV. LANCELOT AND GUENEVERE
THE END OF IT ALL
Chaucer for Children: A Golden Key (Geoffrey Chaucer)
FOREWORDS TO THE SECOND EDITION
FOREWORDS
CHAUCER THE TALE-TELLER
CHAUCER’S PILGRIMS
Chaucer’s Prologue
The Knight
The Squire
The Yeoman
The Prioress
The Monk
The Friar
The Merchant
The Clerk
Serjeant-of-Law
The Franklin
The Wife of Bath
The Parson
The Ploughman
The Summoner
The Pardoner
The Knight’s Tale
The Friar’s Tale
The Clerk’s Tale
The Franklin’s Tale
The Pardoner’s Tale
MINOR POEMS
NOTES ON THE PICTURES
PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES CONSULTED IN THIS BOOK
Tales from Shakespeare (Charles and Mary Lamb)
By CHARLES AND MARY LAMB
I. THE TEMPEST
II. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Don Quixote (Miguel Cervantes)
ADAPTED BY JOHN LANG
I. HOW DON QUIXOTE WAS KNIGHTED
II. HOW DON QUIXOTE RESCUED ANDRES; AND HOW HE RETURNED HOME
III. HOW DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA STARTED ON THEIR SEARCH FOR ADVENTURES; AND HOW DON QUIXOTE FOUGHT WITH THE WINDMILLS
IV. HOW DON QUIXOTE WON A HELMET; HOW HE FOUGHT WITH TWO ARMIES; AND HOW SANCHO'S ASS WAS STOLEN
V. HOW DON QUIXOTE SAW DULCINEA
VI. HOW DON QUIXOTE FOUGHT WITH A LION; AND HOW HE DEFEATED THE MOORS
VII. THE BATTLE WITH THE BULLS; THE FIGHT WITH THE KNIGHT OF THE WHITE MOON; AND HOW DON QUIXOTE DIED
The Pilgrim’s Progress (John Bunyan)
ADAPTED BY MARY MACGREGOR
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
ADAPTED BY JOHN LANG
I. HOW ROBINSON FIRST WENT TO SEA; AND HOW HE WAS SHIPWRECKED
II. ROBINSON WORKS HARD AT MAKING HIMSELF A HOME
III. THE EARTHQUAKE AND HURRICANE; AND HOW ROBINSON BUILT A BOAT
IV. ROBINSON BUILDS A SECOND BOAT, IN WHICH HE IS SWEPT OUT TO SEA
V. ROBINSON SEES A FOOTPRINT ON THE SAND, FINDS A CAVE, AND RESCUES FRIDAY
VI. ROBINSON TRAINS FRIDAY, AND THEY BUILD A LARGE BOAT; THEY RESCUE TWO PRISONERS FROM THE CANNIBALS
VII. ARRIVAL OF AN ENGLISH SHIP; ROBINSON SAILS FOR HOME
Gulliver's Travels: Voyage to Lilliput (Jonathan Swift)
ADAPTED BY JOHN LANG
I. GULLIVER'S BIRTH AND EARLY VOYAGES
II. GULLIVER IS WRECKED ON THE COAST OF LILLIPUT
III. GULLIVER IS TAKEN AS A PRISONER TO THE CAPITAL OF LILLIPUT
IV. GULLIVER IS FREED, AND CAPTURES THE BLEFUSCAN FLEET
V. GULLIVER'S ESCAPE FROM LILLIPUT AND RETURN TO ENGLAND
Little Goody Two-Shoes & Mrs Margery Two-Shoes (Oliver Goldsmith)
INTRODUCTION
I. HOW AND ABOUT LITTLE MARGERY AND HER BROTHER
II. HOW AND ABOUT MR. SMITH
III. HOW LITTLE MARGERY OBTAINED THE NAME OF GOODY TWO-SHOES, AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PARISH
IV. HOW LITTLE MARGERY LEARNED TO READ, AND BY DEGREES TAUGHT OTHERS
V. HOW LITTLE TWO-SHOES BECAME A TROTTING TUTORESS, AND HOW SHE TAUGHT HER YOUNG PUPILS
LESSON FOR THE CONDUCT OF LIFE
VI. HOW THE WHOLE PARISH WAS FRIGHTENED
VII. CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE SPIRITS OR THINGS SHE SAW IN THE CHURCH
HER TALE
REFLECTION
VIII. OF SOMETHING WHICH HAPPENED TO LITTLE MARGERY TWO-SHOES IN A BARN, MORE DREADFUL THAN THE GHOST IN THE CHURCH; AND HOW SHE RETURNED GOOD FOR EVIL TO HER ENEMY, SIR TIMOTHY
IX. HOW LITTLE MARGERY WAS MADE PRINCIPAL OF A COUNTRY COLLEGE
THE RENOWNED HISTORY OF MRS. MARGERY TWO-SHOES
PART TWO
I. OF HER SCHOOL, HER USHERS, OR ASSISTANTS, AND HER MANNER OF TEACHING
II. A SCENE OF DISTRESS IN A SCHOOL
III. OF THE AMAZING SAGACITY AND INSTINCT OF A LITTLE DOG
IV. WHAT HAPPENED AT FARMER GROVE'S, AND HOW SHE GRATIFIED HIM FOR THE USE OF HIS ROOM
V. THE CASE OF MRS. MARGERY
VI. THE TRUE USE OF RICHES
Charles Dickens' Children Stories (Charles Dickens)
TROTTY VECK AND HIS DAUGHTER MEG
TINY TIM
LITTLE DOMBEY
THE RUNAWAY COUPLE
POOR JO!
THE LITTLE KENWIGS
LITTLE DORRIT
THE BLIND TOY-MAKER
LITTLE NELL
LITTLE DAVID COPPERFIELD
JENNY WREN
PIP'S ADVENTURE
The Story of Hiawatha (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Winston Stokes)
PREFACE
I. THE PEACE-PIPE
II. THE FOR WINDS
III. HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD
IV. HIAWATHA AND MUDJEKEEWIS
V. HIAWATHA'S FASTING
VI. HIAWATHA'S FRIENDS
VII. HIAWATHA'S SAILING
VIII. HIAWATHA'S FISHING
IX. HIAWATHA AND THE PEARL-FEATHER
X. HIAWATHA'S WOOING
XI. HIAWATHA'S WEDDING FEAST
XII. THE SON OF THE EVENING STAR
XIII. BLESSING THE CORNFIELDS
XIV. PICTURE-WRITING
XV. HIAWATHA'S LAMENTATION
XVI. PAU-PUK-KEEWIS
XVII. THE HUNTING OF PAU-PUK-KEEWIS
XVIII. THE DEATH OF KWASIND
XIX. THE GHOSTS
XX. THE FAMINE
XXI. THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT
XXII. HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE
THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. INTRODUCTION
I. THE PEACE-PIPE
II. THE FOUR WINDS
III. HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD
IV. HIAWATHA AND MUDJEKEEWIS
V. HIAWATHA'S FASTING
VI. HIAWATHA'S FRIENDS
VII. HIAWATHA'S SAILING
VIII. HIAWATHA'S FISHING
IX. HIAWATHA AND THE PEARL-FEATHER
X. HIAWATHA'S WOOING
XI. HIAWATHA'S WEDDING FEAST
XII. THE SON OF THE EVENING STAR
XIII. BLESSING THE CORNFIELDS
XIV. PICTURE-WRITING
XV. HIAWATHA'S LAMENTATION
XVI. PAU-PUK-KEEWIS
XVII. THE HUNTING OF PAU-PUK-KEEWIS
XVIII. THE DEATH OF KWASIND
XIX. THE GHOSTS
XX. THE FAMINE
XXI. THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT
XXII. HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
CHAPTER I. UNCLE TOM AND LITTLE HARRY ARE SOLD
CHAPTER II. ELIZA RUNS AWAY WITH LITTLE HARRY
CHAPTER III. THE MORNING AFTER
CHAPTER IV. THE CHASE
CHAPTER V. ELIZA FINDS A REFUGE
CHAPTER VI. UNCLE TOM SAYS GOOD-BYE
CHAPTER VII. UNCLE TOM MEETS EVA
CHAPTER VIII. ELIZA AMONG THE QUAKERS
CHAPTER IX. UNCLE TOM'S NEW HOME
CHAPTER X. UNCLE TOM'S LETTER
CHAPTER XII. GEORGE FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM
CHAPTER XIII. AUNT DINAH
CHAPTER XIV. TOPSY
CHAPTER XV. EVA AND TOPSY
CHAPTER XVI. EVA'S LAST GOOD-BYE
CHAPTER XVII. UNCLE TOM'S NEW MASTER
CHAPTER XVIII. GEORGE AND ELIZA FIND FREEDOM
CHAPTER XIX. UNCLE TOM FINDS FREEDOM
CHAPTER XX. GEORGE SHELBY FREES HIS SLAVES
The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith (E. Boyd Smith)
1. POCAHONTAS
2. JOHN SMITH
3. HOW CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH WON HIS SPURS
4. STRANGE TALES OF A STRANGE PEOPLE
5. THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN
6. THE LANDING OF THE COLONISTS—1607
7. THE AMBUSH
8. BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS
9. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH A PRISONER
10. THE DANCE OF VICTORY
11–12. POCAHONTAS SAVES CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH'S LIFE
13. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH AGAIN FREE
14. POCAHONTAS BRINGS FOOD TO THE COLONISTS
15. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH GOES IN SEARCH OF CORN
16. POCAHONTAS'S WARNING
17. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH SAILS FOR ENGLAND
18. POCAHONTAS IS CAPTURED BY ARGALL
19. THE MARRIAGE OF POCAHONTAS
20. THE LANDING OF POCAHONTAS IN ENGLAND
21–22. POCAHONTAS AT THE COURT OF JAMES THE FIRST
23. THE MEETING OF POCAHONTAS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
24. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH GOES TO SEA AGAIN
25. POCAHONTAS LONGS FOR HOME
26. THE END OF THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS
