Vikram and the vampire, or, Tales of Hindu devilry
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
1989
Information About
This is a collection of eleven tales on the legendary Hindu king, Vikram and his battles of wit with a baital, a vampire that inhabits the dead.
Additional Details
- Title
- Vikram and the vampire, or, Tales of Hindu devilry
- Subject
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- Tales--India
- Publisher
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- National Library Board Singapore, 1989
- Graham Brash, 1989
- Contributors
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- Burton, R. F. (Richard F.)
- Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896
- Griset, Ernest Henry, 1844-1907
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, xix, 243 p. ill.
- Table of Contents
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- Preface to the memorial edition -- Preface to the first (1870) edition -- Introduction -- The vampire's first story. In which a man deceives a woman -- The vampire's second story. Of the relative villany of men and women -- The vampire's third story. Of a high-minded family -- The vampire's fourth story. Of a woman who told the truth -- The vampire's fifth story. Of the thief who laughed and wept -- The vampire's sixth story. In which three men dispute about a woman -- The vampire's seventh story. Showing the exceeding folly of many wise fools -- The vampire's eighth story. Of the use and misuse of magic pills -- The vampire's ninth story. Showing that a man's wife belongs not to his body but to his head -- The vampire's tenth story. Of the marvellous delicacy of three queens -- The vampire's eleventh story. Which puzzles Raja Vikram -- Conclusion.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.