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The Victorian Fairy Tale Book

by Michael Patrick Hearn

Victorian-era fairy tales in story and verse

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Victorian-era fairy tales in story and verse

This anthology gathers seventeen stories and poems from the English fairy-tale tradition, including works by Robert Browning, William Makepeace Thackeray, Kenneth Grahame, and J. M. Barrie. Its selection ranges across familiar forms of wonder, humor, satire, and criticism, giving the collection variety in both subject and approach. Illustrations reproduced from the works’ original editions add a visual connection to the publications in which these tales first appeared. Together, the pieces offer a compact survey of classic English fairy-tale writing from the period identified in the title.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in classic fairy tales and folklore
  • Readers exploring English literary works in anthology form
  • Those interested in illustrated editions and the history of fairy-tale publication

Themes

Fairy tales and folkloreWonder and enchantmentHumor and satireEnglish literary tradition

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Book overview

From Robert Browning's The Pied Piper of Hamelin and William Makepeace Thackeray's The Rose and the Ring to Kenneth Grahme's The Reluctant Dragon and J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, here are seventeen classic stories and poems from the golden age of the English fairy tale. Some of them amuse, some enchant, some satirize and criticize, but each one is an expression of the joy of living.

Accompanied by illustrations from the original editions of these works this collection will delight readers both young and old.

Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

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