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Rouse. Giant Crab

Today's free book is The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse with illustrations by W. Robinson. You can find out more about this book at the Indian Epics UnTextbook.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free Kindle ebook at Amazon. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The illustrations are by W. H. Robinson, and I've made a Flickr collection.



The Giant Crab
The Hypocritical Cat
The Crocodile and the Monkey
The Axe, the Drum, the Bowl, and the Diamond
The Wise Parrot and the Foolish Parrot
The Dishonest Friend
The Mouse and the Farmer

The Talkative Tortoise
The Monkeys and the Gardener
The Goblin and the Sneeze
The Grateful Beasts and the Ungrateful Prince
The Goblin in the Pool

The Foolish Farmer and the King
The Pious Wolf
Birds of a Feather
Spend a Pound to Win a Penny
The Cunning Crane and the Crab
Union is Strength
Silence is Golden

The Great Yellow King and his Porter
The Quail and the Falcon
Pride Must Have a Fall

The Bold Beggar
The Jackal Would A-Wooing Go
The Lion and the Boar
The Goblin City
Lacknose
The King's Lesson






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