# Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard

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- Authors: [Eleanor Farjeon](https://www.bookquiver.com/eleanor-farjeon)
- Publisher: rhcp_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4817-178-1
- Published: 2013-07-31
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Wandering minstrel, Martin Pippin, encounters a lovelorn ploughman who begs him to release his beloved by entertaining the six young women sworn to guard her. This Martin Pippin does - telling beautiful tales of heartbreak, betrayal and everlasting love. But will the imprisoned Gillian ever be freed? This delightful collection will be loved by adults and children alike - a perfect introduction to sophisticated fairy tales. 'She is one of the few who can conceive and tell a fairytale . . . Before I had read five pages of Martin Pippin, I had forgotten who I was and where I lived. I was transported into a world of sunlight, of gay inconsequence, of emotional surprise, a world of poetry, delight and humour. And I lived and took my joy in that rare world, until all too soon my reading was done.' From J. D. Beresford's Foreword to the first American edition of 1922.