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The Classic Fairy Tales

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This volume contains twenty-four of the best known fairy tales in the English language, presented here in the exact words of their first English publication or of the earliest surviving text. Including Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, Cinderella, Thumbelina, and Hansel and Gretel, as well as many others, this collection provides a historical introduction for each tale and a general Introduction which traces the history of fairy tales collected in Asia and Europe long before they appeared in English.

Language: English

Pages: 344

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: November 13, 1980

ISBN: 0195202198

ISBN 13: 9780195202199

The Classic Fairy Tales

0/5 ( ratings)

This volume contains twenty-four of the best known fairy tales in the English language, presented here in the exact words of their first English publication or of the earliest surviving text. Including Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, Cinderella, Thumbelina, and Hansel and Gretel, as well as many others, this collection provides a historical introduction for each tale and a general Introduction which traces the history of fairy tales collected in Asia and Europe long before they appeared in English.

Language: English

Pages: 344

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: November 13, 1980

ISBN: 0195202198

ISBN 13: 9780195202199

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