Joseph Jacobs

Born 29 August 1854 · Died 30 January 1916

From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Nationality: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Writes nonfiction

Quotes

“Who says that English folk have no fairy-tales of their own?”
Preface to English Fairy Tales
“But the Three Bears never saw anything more of her.”
The Story of the Three Bears
“...he must need wish in a hurry; and wish he did, that the black pudding may come off his nose.”
The Three Wishes

Books by Joseph Jacobs in the order they were published, from English Fairy Tales (1890) to Celtic Folk & Fairy Tales (2022).