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English Fairy Tales
by Flora Annie Webster SteelEnglish Fairy Tales is a collection of fairy tales of England written by Flora Annie Webster Steel, an English writer who had lived in India for twenty years. Her Indian connection is reflected in most of her works especially her novel On the face of the waters, in which she described the incidents of the Indian Mutiny. Her notable works incl..
Irish Fairy Tales
by James StephensIrish Fairy Tales is a collection of ten Irish tales written by the Irish novelist James Stephen, who is remembered for his retelling of Irish myths and fairy tales by a rare combination of humor and lyricism. His notable writings include Crock of Gold, Insurrections, and Kings and the Moon. This fairy tales are set in the Medieval Ireland fille..
Russian Fairy Tales - A Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
by RalstonRussian Fairy Tales: A Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore is a collection of Russian tales compiled by the English writer and Russian scholar William Ralston Shedden-Ralston, who is remembered for many translation works such as: The songs of the Russian people, from the writing of Ivan Turgenev's Nest of Gentlefolk as Liza; Krilof and his fables, fr..
Russian Picture Tales
by Valerian Viliamovich KarrikRussian Picture Tales is an illustrated collection of Russian tales written by Valerian Viliamovich Karrik. This collection contains ten fairy tales illustrated with monochrome pictures such as The cock and the bean, The goat and the ram, The hungry wolf, The peasant and the bear, The dog and the cock, King frost, The bear’s paw, The bear and th..
Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks
by Jean de La FontaineFables in Rhyme for Little Folks, is a collection of popular fables written as verse by the French fabulist Jean de La Fontaine. All the fables in this collection are illustrated with colorful pictures and each story does not exceed more than hundred words. Most of the stories contain two animals as main characters in this collection. Some of th..
Viking Tales
by Jennie HallViking Tales is a collection of stories of the Norse culture of Scandinavia written by Jennie Hall. A fact to be remembered is though the Vikings had alphabets; however they were a non-literate society and did not produce any literary legacy. All the literary works about Viking society has been written by the authors who were enemies or..
Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen
by Alexander ChodzkoFairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen, is a collection of Slavic fables written by Polish poet Alexander Chodzko, whose popular poems and ballads include Popular Poetry of Persia, Polish-English and English-Polish Dictionary, The Twelve Months: A Slav Legend appeared in Good Stories for Great Holidays, and Ballad Maliny. This collection ..
American Fairy Tales
by Lyman Frank BaumAmerican Fairy Tales is a collection of fairy tales written by the novelist Lyman Frank Baum, who is remembered his popular OZ books. This collection contains twelve fairy tales, however critics consider some of the stories were more appropriate for adult readers due it the satirical tone and nonsensical morals attached to it. Some o..