Sybil Marshall (1913–2005)
Author of The Book of English Folk Tales
About the Author
Image credit: on her wedding day in 1995, aged 82
Series
Works by Sybil Marshall
Natural Development 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1913-11-26
- Date of death
- 2005-08-29
- Gender
- female
- Education
- New Hall, Cambridge
Ramsey Grammar School - Occupations
- teacher
scholar of educational policy
memoirist
novelist - Organizations
- Granada Television
University of Sheffield
University of Sussex - Relationships
- Oakeshott, Ewart (husband)
- Short biography
- Sybil Marshall's early career was as a primary school teacher in a one-room school in the Fenland of Cambridgeshire. At age 48, after her small school was closed, she went to Cambridge University to read English and then was appointed as lecturer in primary education at Sheffield University from 1962 to 1967. She taught at Sussex University for about another 10 years. Her writings on educational methods became highly influential in Britain. Marshall also published her memoirs of life in the Fenland, which were called "a classic of the rural past," and a series of novels. From 1965, she served as an educational adviser to Granada Television.
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Ramsey Heights, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Map Location
- England, UK
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Before the advent of radio, TV and the internet, people used to listen to stories and tales of people and places. Most of the time these were very local, how a rock came to be balanced on a hill, stories of battles against strange and magical creatures, accounts of local history that have become legendary and moral tales to warn people from pursuing a particular way.
Marshall had collected this comprehensive collection of folk tales over thirty years ago from all around the country and has show more grouped them by subject and theme. The themes are as wide ranging as Fabulous Beasts, Moral Tales and the Supernatural. All of these stories are deeply rooted in the local vernacular and were as much as a part of the old English countryside as the hills, cliffs and sea.
Choosing the stories in this collection must have been tough, but there are enough from different regions to ensure that she has chosen the best example. This is a beautiful book to hold too, not only does it have a richly patterned cloth cover, but throughout the book are John Lawrence’s stunning wood engravings that bring so much to the tales that Marshall collected. A worthy reissue of the collection and I hope that people can one again be enchanted by these myths and chronicles. 3.5 stars show less
Marshall had collected this comprehensive collection of folk tales over thirty years ago from all around the country and has show more grouped them by subject and theme. The themes are as wide ranging as Fabulous Beasts, Moral Tales and the Supernatural. All of these stories are deeply rooted in the local vernacular and were as much as a part of the old English countryside as the hills, cliffs and sea.
Choosing the stories in this collection must have been tough, but there are enough from different regions to ensure that she has chosen the best example. This is a beautiful book to hold too, not only does it have a richly patterned cloth cover, but throughout the book are John Lawrence’s stunning wood engravings that bring so much to the tales that Marshall collected. A worthy reissue of the collection and I hope that people can one again be enchanted by these myths and chronicles. 3.5 stars show less
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