Vikram and the Vampire
Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 24,6 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Folk literature, Hindi
ISBN :
Vikram and The Vampire; Or, Tales of Hindu Devilry
Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 22,3 MB
Release : 2023-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
Vikram and the Vampire; or, Tales of Hindu Devilry by Sir Richard Francis Burton: First published in 1870, this collection of folk tales from India features a witty and irreverent demon named Baital who tells stories to the mythological King Vikram. The tales are known for their humor, wit, and complex moral themes. Key Aspects of the book "Vikram and the Vampire; or, Tales of Hindu Devilry": Folk Tales: The book is a collection of traditional folk tales from India, offering readers a window into the rich cultural heritage of the region. Witty and Irreverent: The tales are known for their witty and irreverent tone, with the demon Baital often poking fun at human foibles and weaknesses. Complex Moral Themes: The tales also explore complex moral themes, highlighting the ways in which human actions can have far-reaching consequences for individuals and communities. Sir Richard Francis Burton was a British explorer, diplomat, translator, and writer who is best known for his adventures in Africa and Asia, and his translations of The Arabian Nights and other works of literature. Vikram and the Vampire; or, Tales of Hindu Devilry is one of his most famous works, and is an important contribution to the field of comparative literature.
Vikram and the Vampire, Or, Tales of Hindu Devilry
Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 10,93 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Folk literature, Hindi
ISBN :
Book Description
11 tales, translated by Burton from the Sanskrit Baital-Pachisi, or 25 Tales of a Baital, "hung on [the] thread" of the "laughable" difficulties faced by King Vikram, "the King Arthur of the East," as he and his son attempt to bring a baitel (vampire) to a magician (p. xi).
Vikram and the Vampire
Author :
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 23,97 MB
Release : 1870
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
11 tales, translated by Burton from the Sanskrit Baital-Pachisi, or 25 Tales of a Baital, "hung on [the] thread" of the "laughable" difficulties faced by King Vikram, "the King Arthur of the East," as he and his son attempt to bring a baitel (vampire) to a magician. Cf. Isabel Burton's "Preface" to the 1893 Memorial Ed., p. xi.
The Best of Vikram-Betal
Author : Sunita Pant Bansal
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 10,15 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 9789380069333
Book Description
Adapted from the Vetālapañcaviṃśati, Sanskrit tales about Vikramāditya Sākārī, King of Ujjain.
Hindu Fairy Tales
Author : Florence Griswold
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 26,64 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN :
Book Description
Vikram and the Vampire
Author : Lady Isabel Burton
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,92 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Hindu legends
ISBN :
Book Description
The Amazing World of Gumball
Author : Kiernan Sjursen-Lien
Publisher : Pearson UK
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,78 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Cats
ISBN : 1292288523
Book Description
"A big ol' storm has set its sights on Elmore but the Watterson family isn't going to let some bad weather spoil their day, at least not until everything starts going wrong! After a power outage forces Gumball and Darwin to figure out how to have fun without video games--not an easy task--Richard leads a catastrophic attempt to fix a leak in the ceiling so one measly puddle will cease driving his household absolutely crazy. But their troubles don't end there. It's one calamity after the other as the Wattersons try and make it to bluer skies!"--Provided by publisher.
Vetaal and Vikram
Author : Gayathri Prabhu
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,26 MB
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9353573408
Book Description
'This riddle can end in two ways: speech and defeat, or silence and death.' Vetaal and Vikram is a playful retelling of one of India's most celebrated cycles of stories. The narrative of King Vikram and the Vetaal is located within the Kathasaritsagara, an eleventh-century Sanskrit text. The Vetaal who is neither living nor dead is a consummate storyteller, and Vikram is a listener who can neither speak nor stay silent. Together they are destined to walk a labyrinth of stories in the course of a moonless night in a cremation ground. In 1870, eleven of the Vetaal's stories were adapted to English by the famed scholar-explorer Richard Francis Burton who tailored them to his audience's gothic taste. Vetaal and Vikram is a contemporary response that includes Burton within its storytelling folds. Fantastical and delightful, this retelling dissolves the lines between speaker and listener, desire and duty, life and death.
Narcopolis
Author : Jeet Thayil
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 14,93 MB
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101561726
Book Description
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Written in poetic and affecting prose, Jeet Thayil's luminous debut novel charts the evolution of a great and broken metropolis across three decades. A rich, hallucinatory dream that captures Bombay in all its compelling squalor, Narcopolis completely subverts and challenges the literary traditions for which the Indian novel is celebrated. It is a book about drugs, sex, death, perversion, addiction, love, and God and has more in common in its subject matter with the work of William S. Burroughs or Baudelaire than with that of the subcontinent's familiar literary lights. Above all, it is a fantastical portrait of a beautiful and damned generation in a nation about to sell its soul.
