The Classic Fairy Tales

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.


Author: Iona Opie, Peter Opie
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 11/13/1980
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 7.71h x 5.04w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9780195202199
ISBN10: 0195202198
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
- Literary Criticism | General