Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard

By Farjeon, Eleanor

Book Id: WPLBN0002954575
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File Size: 344.83 MB
Reproduction Date: 2011

Title:	Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
Author:	Farjeon, Eleanor
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Fiction
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
Historic Publication Date:	1921
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Farjeon, B. E. (1921). Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
The wandering minstrel Martin Pippin finds a lovelorn ploughman who begs him to visit the orchard where his beloved has been locked in the well-house with six sworn virgins to guard her. Martin Pippin goes to the rescue and wins the confidence of the young women by telling them love stories. Although ostensibly a children's book, the six love stories, which have much the form of Perrault's fairy tales such as Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella, have a depth which is adult in sentiment, and indeed they were written not for a child but for a young soldier, Victor Haslam. Among the stories, themes include the apparent loss of a loved one, betrayal, and the yearning of a woman for whom it appears that love will never come. (Introduction adapted from Wikipedia)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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Fiction