The Classic Fairy Tales |
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| Author:
| Opie, Iona
Opie, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-520219-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2003 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $28.14AUD $37.95 |
Book Description:
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Presents twenty-four of the best known tales in the exact words in which they were first published in English; or, in a few cases, in the exact words of the earliest surviving or source text. Each tale has an introduction telling something of its origin. A general introduction gives the over-all history of fairy-tale literature, and describes the collections made in Europe and Asia, long before most of the tales were printed in English.
Presents twenty-four of the best known tales in the exact words in which they were first published in English; or, in a few cases, in the exact words of the earliest surviving or source text. Each tale has an introduction telling something of its origin. A general introduction gives the over-all history of fairy-tale literature, and describes the collections made in Europe and Asia, long before most of the tales were printed in English.