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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 2 (of 5)

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"The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, volume 2 (of 5)" by Francis James Child is a scholarly collection published between 1882-1898. This monumental anthology presents 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, meticulously documenting different versions side by side. The ballads explore dark themes including forbidden love, supernatural encounters, family conflict, treachery, murder, and folk heroes like Robin Hood and King Arthur. Child's comprehensive work transformed ballad scholarship, classifying each story with distinctive numbers while preserving multiple variants that reveal how these haunting tales evolved across centuries and communities.

The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 2 (of 5), from the public domain. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #47692.

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37 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter5,261 words
  2. 2.Act 3: , Scene 3, Dyce, VII, 364. The name Diverus is preserved in #C#, (1)8,037 words
  3. 3.Act 3: , Scene 3, Dyce, VII, 364. The name Diverus is preserved in #C#, (2)7,949 words
  4. 4.Act 3: , Scene 3, Dyce, VII, 364. The name Diverus is preserved in #C#, (3)8,226 words
  5. 5.Act 3: , Scene 3, Dyce, VII, 364. The name Diverus is preserved in #C#, (4)3,893 words
  6. 6.Appendix (1)8,057 words
  7. 7.Appendix (2)7,667 words
  8. 8.Appendix (3)7,627 words
  9. 9.Appendix (4)7,456 words
  10. 10.Appendix (5)7,794 words
  11. 11.Appendix (6)7,450 words
  12. 12.Appendix (7)7,754 words
  13. 13.Appendix (8)7,807 words
  14. 14.Appendix (9)7,454 words
  15. 15.Appendix (10)7,985 words
  16. 16.Appendix (11)7,574 words
  17. 17.Appendix (12)7,751 words
  18. 18.Appendix (13)7,433 words
  19. 19.Appendix (14)7,568 words
  1. 20.Appendix (15)7,691 words
  2. 21.Appendix (16)7,707 words
  3. 22.Appendix (17)7,295 words
  4. 23.Appendix (18)2,873 words
  5. 24.Appendix (1)8,101 words
  6. 25.Appendix (2)7,396 words
  7. 26.Appendix (3)7,477 words
  8. 27.Appendix (4)7,521 words
  9. 28.Appendix (5)7,582 words
  10. 29.Appendix (6)7,812 words
  11. 30.Appendix (7)7,529 words
  12. 31.Appendix (8)7,494 words
  13. 32.Appendix (9)2,303 words
  14. 33.Act IV: , Sc. 2, Dyce, VIII, 6656 words
  15. 34.Act II: , Sc. 8, Dyce, II, 1726,548 words
  16. 35.Appendix (1)8,088 words
  17. 36.Appendix (2)8,277 words
  18. 37.Appendix (3)118 words