Books with title Antique Fairy Tales

FAIRY TALES ? Fairy tales... Reality or dreams..?This is not a simple question. What maybe hundreds and even thousands of years ago took place can today be presented as a fairy tale.Why..? Well, how can you prove it really happened..? It's been too long and everybody wants to see proof....Ha.., but maybe not everyone..! There are still those among us who have a stunning imagination.They like a good surprise and not just accept something because it is called bad luck. Perhaps there are witches, giants and such. But, it is certainly true that heroes, heroines and extraordinary people have always been there and still are. My stories show them from the past, but when you open your eyes and look around a bit, these heroes can be seen everywhere.

FAIRY TALES ? Fairy tales... Reality or dreams..?This is not a simple question. What maybe hundreds and even thousands of years took place can today be presented as a fairy tale.Why..? Well, how can you prove it really happened..? It's been too long and everybody wants to see proof....Ha.., but maybe not everyone..! There are still those among us who have a stunning imagination.They like a good surprise and not just accept something because it is called bad luck. Perhaps there are witches, giants and such. But, it is certainly true that heroes, heroines and extraordinary people have always been there and are still there. My stories show them from the past, but when you open your eyes and look around a bit, these heroes can be seen everywhere.

This 392-page version of Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson is a rare early, illustrated edition. The collection includes The Mermaid, Hans Clodhopper, The Flying Trunk, The Rose Elf, The Wild Swans, The Elf-Hill, The Real Princess, A Picture from the Ramparts, The Red Shoes, Thumbelisa, The Goblin and the Huckster, The Bottle Neck, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Angel, The Butterfly, Psyche, The Snail and the Rose-bush, The Girl who Trod on the Loaf, The Nightingale, The Storks, The Little Match Girl, Great Claus and Little Claus, The Garden of Paradise, Little Tuk, The Wind's Tale, The Snow Queen, A Rose from Homer's Grave, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Naughty Boy, Holger the Dane, What the Moon Saw, The Tinder Box, The Story of a Mother, The Marsh King's Daughter, The Goloshes of Fortune, The Bronze Boar, The Bell, Ole Lukoie, the Dustman, The Swineherd, The Travelling Companions, and The Ugly Duckling. It was during 1835 that Andersen published the first installment of his immortal Fairy Tales.

Marie-Catherine, Baronne d'Aulnoy, née Le Jumel de Barneville in Barneville-la-Bertran (1651-1705) was a French writer known for her fairy tales. When she termed her works Contes de Fée (Fairy Tales, 1697), she originated the term that is now generally used for the genre. In 1666, she was given at the age of sixteen in an arranged marriage to a Parisian thirty years older- François de la Motte, Baron d'Aulnoy, of the household of the duc de Vend?'me. In 1669, the Baron d'Aulnoy was accused of treason but the accusations, in which Mme d'Aulnoy appeared to be involved, proved to be false. She published twelve books including three pseudo-memoirs, two fairy tale collections and three "historical" novels. Gaining the reputation as a historian and recorder of tales from outside of France, and elected as a member of Paduan Accademia dei Ricovvati, she was called by the name of the muse of history, Clio. Her works include: Histoire d'Hippolyte: Comte de Duglas (History of Hippolyte: Count of Duglas, 1690) and Contes Nouveaux; ou, Les Fées à la Mode (New Tales; or, Fairies in Fashion, 1698).

About the Author Jackie Wullschlanger is a literary critic and European Arts Correspondent of the Financial Times. Her biography of Andersen (2000) was published to critical acclaim and great popular success and is now considered the standard life of the writer. Tina Nunnally is known for her many award-winning translations of Nordic fiction, including the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

Grimm's Fairy Tales is a collection of German fairy tales first published in 1812 by the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. The influence of these books was widespread. W. H. Auden praised the collection during World War II as one of the founding works of Western culture. The tales themselves have been put to many uses. The work of the Brothers Grimm influenced other collectors, both inspiring them to collect tales and leading them to similarly believe, in a spirit of romantic nationalism, that the fairy tales of a country were particularly representative of it, to the neglect of cross- cultural influence. Among those influenced were the Russian Alexander Afanasyev, the Norwegians Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, the English Joseph Jacobs, and Jeremiah Curtin, an American who collected Irish tales. There was not always a pleased reaction to their collection. Joseph Jacobs was in part inspired by his complaint that English children did not read English fairy tales; in his own words, "What Perrault began, the Grimms completed". The Grimm anthology has been a source of inspiration for artists and composers. Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane and Rie Cramer are among the artists who have created illustrations based on the stories.This classic title has been published by RADLEY BOOKS. Each RADLEY CLASSIC is a meticulously restored, luxurious and faithful reproduction of a classic book; produced with elegant text layout, clarity of presentation, and stylistic features that make reading a true pleasure. Special attention is given to legible fonts and adequate letter sizing, correct line length for readability, generous margins and triple lead (lavish line separation); plus we do not allow any mistakes/changes/additions to creep into the author’s words.Visit RADLEY BOOKS at www.radleybooks.com (or search RADLEY CLASSIC on Amazon) to see more classic book titles in this series.