Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - General Fiction

Authors: Eleanor Farjeon In Year : 1921

Book Language: English

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Introduction
Prologue Parts I and II
Prologue Part III; Prelude to the First Tale
The King's Barn (part 1)
The King's Barn (part 2)
First Interlude
Young Gerard (part 1)
Young Gerard (part 2)
Young Gerard (part 3)
Second Interlude
The Mill of Dreams (part 1)
The Mill of Dreams (part 2)
The Mill of Dreams (part 3)
Third Interlude
Open Winkins (part 1)
Open Winkins (part 2)
Open Winkins (part 3)
Fourth Interlude
Proud Rosalind and the Hart-Royal (part 1)
Proud Rosalind and the Hart-Royal (part 2)
Proud Rosalind and the Hart-Royal (part 3)
Fifth Interlude
The Imprisoned Princess; Postlude Parts I and II
Postlude Parts III and IV
Epilogue
Conclusion

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)