The Fourth Pig

Naomi Mitchison

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An enchanting collection that introduces the author and activist Naomi Mitchison to a new generation of readers

The Fourth Pig, originally published in 1936, is a wide-ranging and fascinating collection of fairy tales, poems, and ballads. Droll and sad, spirited and apprehensive, The Fourth Pig reflects the hopes and forebodings of its era but also resonates with those of today. It is a testament to the talents of Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999), who was an irrepressible phenomenon—a significant Scottish political activist as well as a prolific author. Mitchison's work, exemplified by the tales in this superb new edition, is stamped with her characteristic sharp wit, magical invention, and vivid political and social consciousness.

Mitchison rewrites well-known stories such as "Hansel and Gretel" and "The Little Mermaid," and she picks up the tune of a ballad with admiring fidelity to form, as in "Mairi MacLean and the Fairy Man." Her experimental approach is encapsulated in the title story, which is a dark departure from "The Three Little Pigs." And in the play Kate Crackernuts, the author dramatizes in charms and songs a struggle against the subterranean powers of fairies who abduct humans for their pleasure. Marina Warner, the celebrated scholar of fairy tales and fiction author, provides an insightful introduction that reveals why Mitchison’s writing remains significant.

The Fourth Pig is a literary rediscovery, a pleasure that will reawaken interest in a remarkable writer and personality.

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Marina Warner, Angela Carter, Kenneth Grahame, Miasma (Greek mythology), Lewis Carroll, Robert Kirk (folklorist), Chilblains, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Bloody Chamber, Kate Crackernuts, Charmed Life (novel), Palgrave Macmillan, Shirt, Teapot, J. M. Barrie, Misery (novel), Behind the Curtain, Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market, A. A. Milne, Pyre, The Old Witch, Satire, My Child, Wyndham Lewis, Grandparent, Laughter, Sundae (Korean food), Women's writing (literary category), Resentment, Sewing machine, Gentleness, Flyting, Forehead, Pasture, D. H. Lawrence, Heckling comb, First appearance, Bilge, Aunt Agatha, Kurt Schwitters, The Wind in the Willows, Governess, Naomi Mitchison, Baking, Epithalamion (poem), Elizabeth Bowen, Aldous Huxley, Xanthias, Fairy tale, Cloak of invisibility, Hearth, Poetry, Minnie Mouse, Blinking, Novelist, Sense of Place, Leonora Carrington, E. M. Forster, Slavery, Virginia Woolf, Toff, Jack Zipes, I Wish (manhwa), Boasting, Clock face, Vera Brittain, Blandings Castle, Bogle, Idiot