ATU 328A

“Jack and the Bean-stalk.” The Book of Fables and Folk Stories, Horace Elisha Scudder, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1919, pp. 41-55.

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 21:59:41 +0000

“Jack and the Bean-stalk.” The Book of Fables and Folk Stories, Horace Elisha Scudder, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1919, pp. 41-55. Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/31/2023 - 14:59

Horace Scudder

Tale Summary

In the days of King Alfred, in a country village in England, there was a poor woman who had a single son named Jack. She never set him to work, and eventually they were so poor, that they only had their cow left. Jack felt badly that he had not done more, and offered to bring the cow to town to sell, and reluctantly, his mother agreed. Before he made it into town, he met a butcher who offered him a hatful of beans in exchange for the animal. Gladly, he took them and gave the cow away. His mother was distraught and threw the beans out the window, and the two of them went to bed without a bite to eat. The next morning, Jack saw that the beans had sprouted and created a ladder into the clouds. He was curious, climbed for hours, and reached the top where he saw not a living creature. After a while, he met a beautiful lady, and told her all about his journey. She asked him if he remembered his father, and he told her that no, his mother always wept when he brought her up. The lady said that she would explain about him. She told Jack that she was really a fairy, and his father used to be under her care, but she was careless and lost her powers for a time, making her helpless to stop the giant from killing him for his money. The giant told Jack’s mother that she must never speak of her late husband, or else he would kill her and her child. The fairy said that she got her powers back just yesterday, and so set into place the magical events that led Jack to climb the beanstalk. She told him to keep going and find the giant’s house, and that she would help him when the time came, but not to tell his mother anything. Jack traveled until he found the place, and although the giant’s wife warned him of her husband, he pleaded for hospitality and was let in the house. After Jack noticed cages of people, there was a knock on the door, and the boy was hidden in the oven. From there he observed a hen which laid golden eggs. When the giant fell asleep, he took it, and made it back home where it would provide for his mother. The next day he returned, after changing his appearance so the wife would not know him as the thief, and again begged for shelter. He was let in and hid in a closet while the giant demanded his wife bring him bags of money to amuse himself with. Jack knew it was his father’s money, and when the giant fell asleep, ran off with it, giving the guard dog a scrap of meat. After the two day’s journey home (the money was very heavy) he found his mother was sick by his absence, but began feeling better with him around, and so they stayed for three years. But Jack could not stop thinking of his father, and one day returned to the giant’s house, reluctantly let in by the wife and hid in a copper boiler. He saw a harp which played itself, and ran off with it when the giant fell asleep. But the harp called out to its master, and the giant chased Jack, knowing he had stolen his hen and money bags, also. Jack hurried down the beanstalk and called to his mother for a hatchet, which he used to sever the stalk. The giant fell to his death. The fairy then appeared to tell Jack’s mother all that had happened and how brave her son had been.

Fairy Tale Title

Jack and the Bean-stalk

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Horace Elisha Scudder

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Common Tale Type

Jack and the Beanstalk

Tale Classification

ATU 328A

Page Range of Tale

pp. 41-55

Full Citation of Tale

“Jack and the Bean-stalk.” The Book of Fables and Folk Stories, Horace Elisha Scudder, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1919, pp. 41-55.

Original Source of the Tale

Tale Notes

Research and Curation

Kaeli Waggener, 2023

Book Title

The Book of Fables and Folk Stories

Book Author/Editor(s)

Horace Elisha Scudder

Illustrator(s)

None listed

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Date Published

1919

Decade Published

1910-1919

Publisher City

Boston

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

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“The History of Jack and the Beanstalk” George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library, George Cruikshank, London: Routledge and Sons, [1870s], pp. 1-32.

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 04:41:42 +0000

“The History of Jack and the Beanstalk” George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library, George Cruikshank, London: Routledge and Sons, [1870s], pp. 1-32. Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 12/15/2022 - 21:41

George Cruikshank

Tale Summary

Jack, his mother, and his sister Ady lived in a valley far away from London rimmed with waterfalls. Jack was an unruly boy and refused to listen to anything his mother told him and was incredibly spoiled despite being from a poor family. Danish pirates attacked the town in which Jack and his family lived. After the attack, Jack’s mother had nobody to sell her yarn to because all the other town folk had fled. Needing money for food badly, Jack’s mother sent him and their cow to market to be sold. Jack failed in selling the cow as it had returned home on its own. Jack set out the next day looking for work in order to feed his family. While looking for work, Jack meets a fairy who is disguised as an old woman wearing a dark cloak. The fairy petitioned Jack for his help. The fairy begins to tell Jack of his father who is still alive. Jack’s father is a Saxon knight who was brutally attacked by a Danish Giant and made a prisoner in his own castle. The fairy gives jack a bean and tells him to plant it, climb it, break into his father’s castle, fetch the golden hen which happens to be the Fairy’s sister, and return and fetch the Harp which was the Fairy’s other sister. Once he had done this Jack was to return a third time to rescue his father from the Giant’s clutches. The next day after planting the bean and telling his family of his encounter with the Fairy. Jack’s mother and sister sent him on his way to rescue everyone held captive by the Danish Giant. Upon reaching the castle, Jack meets a “good-natured-looking Giantess”. He begged her for food and a place to stay for the night. She told him of her husband who killed anyone who came near the castle. He agreed to stay anyways. After the Giant had eaten his dinner of a whole ox, he went to the great hall to drink and be with the Golden Hen. After the Giant had drunkenly fallen asleep, Jack crept into the hall and grabbed the Golden Hen. A dwarf in the castle alerted the sleeping Giant of Jack’s thievery. The Giant chased Jack as he ran back to the beanstalk three miles away from the castle. Jack successfully escaped and returned again to take the harp. When Jack returned the third time he found his father. Jack encountered the dwarf a second time, unlike the previous time the dwarf agreed to give them a head start over the Giant because the dwarf had decided to leave the castle. The Giant became entangled in the beanstalk and the next day the King, Alfred, captured him. Jack and his family lived happily ever after.

Fairy Tale Title

The History of Jack and the Beanstalk

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

George Cruikshank

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

George Cruikshank

Common Tale Type

Jack and the Beanstalk

Tale Classification

ATU 328A

Page Range of Tale

pp. 1-32

Full Citation of Tale

“Jack and the Beanstalk” George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library, George Cruikshank, London: Routledge and Sons, [1870s], pp. 1-32.

Original Source of the Tale

“The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean” 1734

Tale Notes

This version of the tale is much longer than others and contains a number of unique plot twists. Jack receives the magic bean from a fairy who is a member of his family. Jack has a father who is a knight who owns a castle. The Giant has a wife who is very caring and not bloodthirsty. A Dwarf betrays his master the Giant. The Giant is captured by the King and his army.

Research and Curation

Anonymous student, 2022

Book Title

George Cruikshank's Fairy Library

Book Author/Editor(s)

George Cruikshank

Illustrator(s)

George Cruikshank

Publisher

Routledge and Sons

Date Published

1870-1879

Decade Published

1870-1879

Publisher City

London

Publisher Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

Book was a part of the Cramer Collection. “Creamer 113”. Page numbers restart for every new tale.

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“Jack and the Beanstalk.” English Fairy and Other Folk Tales, edited by Edwin Sidney Hartland, London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., LTD, [1890], pp. 35-44

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:18:27 +0000

“Jack and the Beanstalk.” English Fairy and Other Folk Tales, edited by Edwin Sidney Hartland, London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., LTD, [1890], pp. 35-44 Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 12/20/2021 - 09:18

Edwin Sidney Hartland

Tale Summary

Jack and his mother were poor had to sell the cow because she had nothing left to sell. Jack never helped her and only expressed hunger. He sells the cow to the old man in exchange for beans, but Jack did not know the beans were magical. The next morning he climbs up the beanstalk despite his mother telling not to and a fairy tells him a story he didn’t know about his parents and the ogre.

Fairy Tale Title

Jack and the Beanstalk

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Edwin Sidney Hartland

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

None

Common Tale Type

Jack and the Beanstalk

Tale Classification

ATU 328A

Page Range of Tale

pp. 35-44

Full Citation of Tale

“Jack and the Beanstalk.” English Fairy and Other Folk Tales, edited by Edwin Sidney Hartland, London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., LTD, [1890], pp. 35-44

Original Source of the Tale

Tale Notes

There are small variations in the details of the story, but these don’t distract the reader from the moral of the story: Jack becomes an obedient and loving child. At the beginning of the tale, the character of Jack is lazy and unmotivated and there is an addition to the story which involves a fairy character.

Research and Curation

Anonymous ITAL 4600 student, 2020

Book Title

English Fairy and Other Folk Tales

Book Author/Editor(s)

Edwin Sidney Hartland

Illustrator(s)

None

Publisher

The Walter Scott Publishing CO,. LTD

Date Published

1906

Decade Published

1900-1909

Publisher City

London and New York

Publisher Country

United States and United Kingdom

Language

English

Rights

This book is in the public domain.

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

This collections of tales is not intended for children, but is instead an attempt to gather tales that the editor feels are disappearing from circulation.

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“Jack and the Beanstalk.” Fairy Tales in Easy Words, Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., [1923], pp. 27-56.

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:59:29 +0000

“Jack and the Beanstalk.” Fairy Tales in Easy Words, Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., [1923], pp. 27-56. Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 08/05/2021 - 14:59

Tale Summary

The story begins with a widow and her son, Jack, who are poor and need to sell their cow for money. Jack takes the cow into town and is offered magic beans in exchange for it. When his mother sees he’s brought home beans instead of money, she throws the beans out the window and a great beanstalk grows into the clouds. Jack climbs the stalk in hopes of finding food. He comes across a town among the clouds and is helped by a magic fairy to find a giant’s castle (home to the giant who killed Jack’s father). Jack eventually steals a magic hen and gold coins from the giant. Jack also attempts to steal a harp but the giant wakes up from his slumber and chases after Jack, who runs down the beanstalk, and cuts it with an axe, causing the giant to fall and die. This serves justice to the giant and also teaches Jack to always behave and listen to his mother.

Fairy Tale Title

Jack and the Beanstalk

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

None listed

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

None listed

Common Tale Type

Jack and the Beanstalk

Tale Classification

ATU 328A

Page Range of Tale

pp. 27-56

Full Citation of Tale

“Jack and the Beanstalk.” Fairy Tales in Easy Words, Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., [1923], pp. 27-56.

Original Source of the Tale

Traditional Oral Tale

Tale Notes

This tale is told in language easily understood by children, using almost exclusively one-syllable words, an conveys clear a clear moral instructing children to obey their parents. Longer words, such as moth-er, fai-ry, gi-ant, and cas-tle, are hyphenated into syllables to aid early readers. There are thirteen simple black-and-white images to supplement the storyline.

Research and Curation

Anonymous ITAL 4600 student, 2020

Book Title

Fairy Tales in Easy Words

Book Author/Editor(s)

None listed

Illustrator(s)

None listed

Publisher

McLoughlin Brothers, Inc.

Date Published

[1923]

Decade Published

1920-1929

Publisher City

Springfield, Massachusetts

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available on the CU Digital Library

Book Notes

None

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