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Strange surprising adventures of the venerable Gooroo Simple, and his five disciples, Noodle, Doodle, Wiseacre, Zany, and Foozle / adorned with fifty illustrations, drawn on wood, by Alfred Crowquill.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beschi, Costantino Giuseppe, 1680-1747, author.
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
- Standardized Title:
- Paramār̲atakuruvin̲ katai. English
- Language:
- English
- Tamil
- Subjects (All):
- Adventure stories.
- Hindus.
- Disciples.
- Brahmans.
- Fools and jesters.
- India.
- Fools and jesters--Juvenile fiction.
- Brahmans--Juvenile fiction.
- Hindus--Disciples--Juvenile fiction.
- India--Folklore.
- Genre:
- Adventure stories.
- Folklore.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations (some color).
- Other Title:
- Gooroo Simple
- Place of Publication:
- London : Trübner and Company, 1861.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- A free English paraphrase by "Grey Goosequill," of the story of Guru Paramartan, (a satire of the Brahmans) based on Babington's translation from the collection in Tamil made by Father Beschi. Cf. page 19, 23; BM Tamil books, 1909.
- Includes index.
- Includes errata.
- Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
- OCLC:
- 259975040
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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