Flora Annie Steel

A Tale of Indian Heroes; Being the Stories of the Mâhâbhârata and Râmâyana

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Produktbeschreibung

¿A Tale of Indian Heroes¿ is a 1923 work by Flora Annie Steel. Within it, Steel has retold in English the stories of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, which together form the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. A masterful rendition of these famous Indian stories, ¿A Tale of Indian Heroes¿ is not to be missed by those with an interest in Indian history, culture, and literature. Contents include: ¿How King Shuntanu Married River Goddess¿, ¿How the King's Promise was Broken¿, ¿How a Vow was Vowed¿, ¿How Bhishma won the Three Princesses¿, etc. Flora Annie Steel (1847¿1929) was an English writer who lived in British India for 22 years and is best known for her many novels set in or related to the country. She was perhaps most interested in the classes of Indian society, and giving birth to a daughter afforded her the opportunity to interact with local women and learn their language. This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an introductory essay from ¿The Garden Of Fidelity - Being The Autobiography of Flora Annie Steel¿ by R. R. Clark.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Read & Co. Classics
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781528716451
• ISBN-10: 1528716450
• Artikelnr.: 60601210

Autorenporträt

Flora Annie Steel (1847 - 1929) was an English writer, who lived in British India for 22 years. She was noted especially for books set there or otherwise connected with the sub-continent. Flora Annie Steel was interested in relating to all classes of Indian society. The birth of her daughter gave her a chance to interact with local women and learn their language. She encouraged the production of local handicrafts and collected folk-tales, a collection of which she published in 1894. Her interest in schools and the education of women gave her a special insight into native life and character. A year before leaving India, she coauthored and published The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook, giving detailed directions to European women on all aspects of household management in India. In 1889 the family moved back to Scotland and she continued her writing there. Some of her best work, according to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, is contained in two collections of short stories, From the Five Rivers and Tales of the Punjab. Her novel On the Face of the Waters (1896) describes incidents in the Indian Mutiny. She also wrote a popular history of India.