Victorian fairy tales / edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Newton.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Oxford World's classics
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This anthology brings together 14 of the best Victorian fairy tales, by major period writers as well as specialists in the genre, to show the vibrancy of the form and its ability to reflect our deepest concerns. From whimsy to satire, the stories reveal the preoccupations of the age and celebrate the value of the imagination.
Notes
"Oxford World's Classics paperback"--Title page verso.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxi-xxxv).
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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Contents
  • Rumpel-Stilts-kin / Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
  • The Princess and the Peas / Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Story of the Three Bears / Robert Southey
  • The King of the Golden River / John Ruskin
  • The Rose and the Ring / William Makepeace Thackeray
  • The Golden Key / George Macdonald
  • The Little Lame Prince and his Travelling Cloak / Dinah Mulock Craik
  • The Wanderings of Arasmon / Mary De Morgan
  • The First Wife's Wedding-Ring / Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • The Selfish Giant / Oscar Wilde
  • Prince Prigio / Andrew Lang
  • The Queen Who Flew / Ford Madox Ford
  • The Story of the Herons / Laurence Housman
  • The Reluctant Dragon / Kenneth Grahame
  • Melisande / E. Nesbit
  • Dymchurch Flit / Rudyard Kipling
  • Appendix: What is a Fairy Tale?
  • 'Introduction' to German Popular Tales / John Ruskin
  • 'Preface' to Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales / Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • 'The Fantastic Imagination' / George Macdonald
  • 'Introduction' to Gammer Grethel's Fairy Tales / Laurence Housman.
ISBN
  • 9780191017353 (electronic bk.)
  • 0191017353 (electronic bk.)
OCLC
958504799
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