Project Gutenberg 2005-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 52 Nichols, Beverley 1898 1983 Nichols, John Beverley A Book of Old Ballads — Volume 1 Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Widger, Juliet Sutherland, Phil McLaury, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Text version by Al Haines. "A Book of Old Ballads — Volume 1" by Beverley Nichols is a collection of traditional English and Scottish ballads likely compiled in the early 20th century. The book celebrates the vibrant and rich storytelling found in these folk songs, reflecting historical themes, moral tales, and the human experience. It serves as a testament to a fading tradition in popular literature where songs were not solely personal expressions but communal stories that resonated across generations. The collection features a variety of ballads, each with its own narrative and characters, from tragic love stories like "Barbara Allen's Cruelty" to heroic tales such as "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne." Each ballad encapsulates significant themes of love, honor, betrayal, and adventure, often intertwined with elements of folklore and cultural history. Through Nichols' selection and introduction, readers are invited to appreciate the lyrical beauty and social commentary that these timeless narratives convey, fostering a sense of nostalgia for the communal storytelling of earlier times. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ballads, English -- Texts PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 124733 121350 2024-10-04T03:39:44.634062 2023-10-04T04:28:47.575032 text/html text/html 111967 2014-04-28T19:24:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 865807 2014-04-28T19:30:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 957034 2024-10-04T03:39:52.177160 application/epub+zip 957446 2024-10-04T03:39:48.206992 application/epub+zip 108218 2024-10-04T03:39:46.597017 application/epub+zip 1083507 2024-10-04T03:39:54.741049 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1065377 2024-10-04T03:39:51.262992 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190058 2022-09-04T06:30:18.797656 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 100797 100650 2024-10-04T03:39:43.787024 2023-10-04T04:28:46.919045 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 100581 2014-04-28T19:24:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 38554 2014-04-28T19:30:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 100572 2014-04-28T19:24:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38489 2014-04-28T19:30:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21107 2024-10-04T03:39:55.113944 application/rdf+xml 13557 2024-10-04T03:39:47.305005 image/jpeg 3347 2024-10-04T03:39:46.874009 image/jpeg 939273 2024-10-04T03:39:44.683005 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia