The Fair Folk And Little Orphan Mary

Maria Konopnicka

ISBN 13: 9798887196893

Published by Academic Studies Press, US, 2025

About this Item

A classic children's tale about Gnomes, appealing equally, if not more so, to the adult child. Written in rich, lyrical prose, frequently shifting into the peasant dialect and interspersed with sundry verses and songs, the tale is replete with mytho-folkloric motifs, legends, superstitions, historical and biblical references, magical depictions of natural phenomena, the sunsets, the twilights, the dawns; the changing seasons, the shadows, the colors, the sounds and silences, Poland's diverse landscape, her fields, forests and mountains, along with her flora and fauna, and realistic descriptions of late 19th-century Polish rural life. Not least among The Fair Folk's charms is the author's whimsical sense of humor-a humor that often rises to a level of high hilarity.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fair Folk And Little Orphan Mary
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press, US
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798887196893
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 12.7W x 1.4H x 20.32D centimeters 12.7 centimeters width by 1.4 centimeters height by 20.32 centimeters depth
• Weight: 267 grams

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Synopsis

A classic children’s tale about Gnomes, appealing equally, if not more so, to the adult child. Written in rich, lyrical prose, frequently shifting into the peasant dialect and interspersed with sundry verses and songs, the tale is replete with mytho-folkloric motifs, legends, superstitions, historical and biblical references, magical depictions of natural phenomena, the sunsets, the twilights, the dawns; the changing seasons, the shadows, the colors, the sounds and silences, Poland’s diverse landscape, her fields, forests and mountains, along with her flora and fauna, and realistic descriptions of late 19th-century Polish rural life. Not least among The Fair Folk’s charms is the author’s whimsical sense of humor—a humor that often rises to a level of high hilarity.

About the Author

Christopher Adam Zakrzewski—(born 1948)—literary translator, teacher, scholar. Raised in the UK and Ontario, Canada. Doctoral studies at the Department of Slavonic Studies, University of British Columbia. Professor of languages and literature at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College in Barry’s Bay, Ontario. He is the translator of Adam Mickiewicz’s classic Polish epic poem Pan Tadeusz, published, concurrently, by Academic Studies Press. Now retired, he and his wife Wendy live in the village of Wilno, Ontario. They have five children and nine grandchildren.