Ballads, Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals by William Hayley

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9048.html.images 124 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9048.epub3.images 127 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9048.epub.images 130 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9048.epub.noimages 112 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9048.kf8.images 281 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9048.kindle.images 281 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9048.txt.utf-8 113 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/9048/pg9048-h.zip 125 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Hayley, William, 1745-1820
Title Ballads, Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals
Credits Text file produced by Jonathan Ingram, Robert Prince and Distributed Proofreaders
HTML file produced by David Widger
Summary "Ballads, Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals" by William Hayley is a collection of poetic ballads written in the early 19th century. This work explores the themes of loyalty, bravery, and the profound connections between humans and animals, often using the stories of specific animals to convey moral lessons. At the start of the book, the reader is introduced to a series of ballads that celebrate the virtues of various animals, such as dogs, elephants, and eagles. Each ballad tells a different story—one of a loyal dog named Fido who sacrifices himself to save his master, Edward, from danger; another presents an elephant that demonstrates gentleness and intelligence, acting heroically to protect a gardener from a tiger. Through these poignant anecdotes, Hayley crafts narratives that highlight themes of friendship, sacrifice, and the nobility of animals, aiming to inspire a sense of admiration and empathy in young readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Animals -- Poetry
Category Text
EBook-No. 9048
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Apr 30, 2013
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 78 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!