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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) is a folklore and fairy tales novel by an unknown author.

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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.
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    • Ballads, English, England, Texts
    • Ballads, Scots, Scotland, Texts

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