جاك و ساق الفاصوليا

by Joseph Jacobs, هادي رزّاق الخزرجي (Translator)

A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, outwits the ogre who lives there, and makes a fortune for himself and his mother.

Genres: Classics, Fantasy, Childrens, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Short Stories

60 pages

First published January 1, 1890

About the author

Joseph Jacobs was an Australian folklorist, literary critic, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English Folklore. His work went on to popularize some of the worlds best known versions of English fairy tales including "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Goldilocks and the three bears", "The Three Little Pigs", "Jack the Giant Killer" and "The History of Tom Thumb". He published his English fairy tale collections: English Fairy Tales in 1890 and More English Fairytales in 1894 but also went on after and in between both books to publish fairy tales collected from continental Europe as well as Jewish, Celtic and Indian Fairytales which made him one of the most popular writers of fairytales for the English language. Jacobs was also an editor for journals and books on the subject of folklore which included editing the Fables of Bidpai and the Fables of Aesop, as well as articles on the migration of Jewish folklore. He also edited editions of "The Thousand and One Nights". He went on to join The Folklore Society in England and became an editor of the society journal Folklore. Joseph Jacobs also contributed to the Jewish Encyclopedia.

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Reviews

[Amina (ⴰⵎⵉⵏⴰ) · Rating 1 out of 5]

I've never liked Jack, since I was tiny, he's a careless dude and a thief, ha! what kinda boy is that?! To be honest, I really don't see what moral does this story contain..

[Noor · Rating 1 out of 5]

حكايةٌ ينقلها لنا التراثُ الإنكليزي، بل هي أقربُ أن تكونَ صورةً للتراثِ الإنساني...
قد نعتقد أنّها تتحدّث عن الشرِّ الذي تمثّله القصةُ بالغول، لكنّها تنسى أو تتناسَى الشرَّ الآخرَ المتمثّلَ بالصبيِّ جاك ، فهو لم يكتفِ بسدِّ حاجته مرّةً، بل حبّب إليه طمعُه تكرارَ السرقةِ بحجّة أنّ المسروقَ سارقٌ!!!
ربّما لأنّنا ـ كبشر ـ بطبيعتِنا نعتقد أنّ الظلمَ لا يُمحى بخَلقِ ظلمٍ آخر، أو لأنّنا نتشوّقُ إلى الانتقامِ حتّى ممّن لا يقصدُنا بذلك الظلم، أو لأنّنا نعتقد ـ كما يقول علي شريعتي ـ أنّنا قومٌ ظنّوا أنّ اللهَ لم يَهدِ سواهم...
مهما اختلفَ التأويل، فإنّ نهايةَ الحكايةِ ظالمةٌ جدّا، فكما كان الغولُ رمزاً للشرِّ، فإنّ الصبيَّ جاك ليس أكثرَ من صورةٍ لاحقةٍ لذاك الغول، وساقُ الفاصوليا خاصّتُه ليست أكثرَ من جسرٍ تبنّاه ليصلَ إلى مبتغاه!!!

[Fred · Rating 3 out of 5]

I fancied listening to a very quick audiobook and chose this one! Blair Mellow’s narration was very therapeutic to listen to.

Nice fairytale and a rightly well-known classic.

[Emilee · Rating 2 out of 5]

do you think I care?

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like when the hen lays eggs and says "lay". I like the golden harp, it screeches out loud. And "fee fi fo fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman". It's really funny. I think that some of the pictures in there were kind of cute.

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

So it has taken me over three decades to actually find a Jack & the Beanstalk version that I can actually enjoy. How silly yet amazing I find that.

In illustrator's Walter Crane's version of Jack & the Beanstalk, the reader is provided a bit more details than can be found in the numerous versions of this story such as the cow actually has a name in this one, which when comparing the illustration mediums doesn't match up since Milky-White is a classic Holstein version with the black patches instead of a mostly white version. Secondly the beans are mentioned as "strange-looking", the old man actually does explain what happens with the so-called beans if they were to be planted and then the fact that instead of being quite a linear story in which one trip does it all this one puts Jack up the stalk multiple times, which really make him quite a naughty boy in comparison to those other ho-hum versions.

What also makes this version rather fascinating to me besides the extra story details are the illustration mediums. The book alternates with black-and-white illustrations that are quite simple and the occasional colored illustrations while also keeping a border on the edge of the pages for the reader. And what works are these colored plates? If the reader looks at them the majority of them carry two different story scenarios playing out while not usually in order, they are brightly colored and also rich in detail such as the tiger pelt on the ogre's floor thus suggestion not only that's he's rich but also quite exotic in comparison to what we would think of. And furthermore in each of these colored plates is a snippet of the story, which doesn't need to be read if you are reading through the book itself.

All in all I am happy that I came upon this version and will definitely be keeping it on my shelves although I have no idea who I will be sharing it with at this point.

[Young Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story doesn't really give a good message to the readers, but reading this book again has reminded me of all the imaginations the story helped me enjoy when I was young, and that deserves much credit. Still reading this book's better than watching TV.

[James Biser · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even though this tale was probably created originally to discuss wisdom, the imagination that was used to show a world of magic is amazing. We all love fantasy. The story was changed into a fairy tale with a happy ending. It is wonderful fun.

[Farah Al.Mosawi💜📚 · Rating 3 out of 5]

قصة قصيرة جميلة للأطفال ، توضح لهم الدروس الاخلاقية من وراء ما تأخذه وهو ليس لك وما تفعله به لاحقًا.
كما انها تشرح في مطلعها كيفية كتابتها ان كانت نحو الخير والشر او نحو الانسان وكيفية كونه ندًا ل الاله.

[Judy Tarver · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic children’s tale about a boy who is poor and his mother sends him to town to buy things they need. Instead, he is talked into buying some magic beans and initially his mother is angry at him for falling for a nonsense story but then…an adventure with a happy ending!

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

For my language lessons, I am reading children's books written in French. We all know the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, and of course, this brought back good memories and helped me to read simple books in another language.

[Sherrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack and the Beanstalk is one of my favorite fairy tales and this version didn’t disappoint. I loved the classic look and feel of the illustrations in this edition of this timeless fairytale.

[Paula W · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jack is an asshole. YES, I SAID IT.

[Sofi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Muy x, esperaba que fuera más detallado o entretenido, pero no se podía esperar mucho por 20 págs

[Cashie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jack’s a greedy little jerk.

[Bob Foote · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read aloud by the school librarian it was delightful.

[Elaine Tronic · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spanish audiobook.

Word for word comprehension ~90%

Narrator Mario Ivan Martinez

[Karissa Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

For my children's lit course

[Vaishali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Researcher Hugh Newman brought me back here… I’ve reread this and am modifying this review.

If you were born and raised anywhere in the North/Western world, you’ve known this story since nursery school. Grimm’s version is beautifully magical and well-woven… and strangely realistic as well. In 20 minutes, interesting back-stories on Jack's poverty, his father's criminal demise, and the giant's complicated married life are all revealed. The famous chant “Fee, fi, fo, fum… I smell the blood of an Englishman” - even mentioned in Shakespeare's King Lear (Act 3, Scene 4) - is a bit different in Grimm’s version.

Bridging onto this, the recent upsurge in giantology supports that Jack and the giant may have a more ancient origin. For instance, Jack encounters a fairy, whose flying chariot is pulled by two massive peacocks. Not only does this echo Juno in Roman mythology, we also know that megafauna were abundant uptil the last Ice Age. Adding the 24.6 foot human skeleton openly displayed in El Museo de Ecuador, as well as the Smithsonian Institution’s private trove of prehistoric American skeletons, can the existence of megahumans in the past be entirely ruled out?

Could the countless old tales of huge people retold in so many cultures have an element of truth? Shouldn’t archaeology re-examine at least the Smithsonian’s collection, mostly unearthed in the late 1800s?

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this Folktale, Jack goes to sell his cow so he and his mother have money for food and instead comes home with beans. He then plants them and overnight a bean stalk grows that reaches the sky. What does Jack do? Yep he climbs it! Up at the top he encounters a few giants. The boy sees the gold the giant is counting and takes it. He goes home and his mom and he live off of the gold for a while and when they run out Jack goes back up and finds the golden goose and the harp. The giant tries to catch Jack and begins to climb down the stalk after him and jack cut down the bean stalk and the giant fell and died. This story is a classic that most children hear at some point in their lives. No matter the version it always has the same plot. I liked this version because it was different than the one I knew as a child. I think children will find it funny and root for Jack as he cuts down the stalk.

[Amanda Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

This goes along with "Fun and Fancy Free," the second half of which is devoted to Jack and his beanstalk. I'm sure I've read several versions of this over the years, but not sure I've read the original telling - which is attributed to Jacobs.

Unlike some of the other original tellings of fairytales, I find the original version of Jack and the Beanstalk to be reather weak. Most notably is the lack of a true ending, Jack merely grabs an ax and lets the giant, "Then the ogre fell down and broke his crown, and the beanstalk came toppling after." Sound like a famililar poem we all know?

This does not count to my overall 2014 reading challenge, it is just a part of my Disney collection.

[Grant Stephens]

This book can be used to show the differences between fairy tales and folk talks. Such as things like folk tales don’t start with “Once upon a time. This book is set in a poor farmer’s cottage.

[Monci Arciaga · Rating 3 out of 5]

it's ok

[Dalton Dettbarn]

This was a good book and it is the story that I remember.