There was once a wicked musician who built a castle in the mountains, and was entertained by a group of beautiful young girls who danced and made music. They were all terrified of him because he had ...

Once upon a time, there was a very disagreeable widow with two daughters. The eldest was much like her, but the youngest was more like her father and was very beautiful and sweet of temper, and her ...

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Everyone loves a good story with a princess, a silver tower, birds turned to dragons, a frog and — of course — a fairy or two ...

First and last pages mounted on covers. Summary Cinderella, abused by her stepmother and ugly step-sisters, is visited by her fairy godmother, who sends her to the ball where she meets Prince Charming ...

On verso of t.-p.: Ninth edition. Illustrated t.-p. and lining-papers in colors. "With one exception, all the tales in this book are adapted from the legends collected by Henry R. Schoolcraft ... and ...

“The best single description I know of the world of the fairy tale is that of Max Lüthi who describes it as an abstract world, full of discrete, interchangeable people, objects and incidents, all of ...