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The World's Best Fairy Tales

The World's Best Fairy Tales

Fantasy Children Classics Literary Fiction Fairy Tales & Folklore

Reader's Digest Association

Authors: Reader's Digest Association
Print type: BOOK

Description:

***A collection of sixty-nine well-known fairy tales from around the world, translated and gathered by recognized contributors to the field of folklore.*** ***Fairy Tales and other folk tales are among the oldest works of man.*** The most ancient stories in this book probably originated in Asia, then passed through Europe and Africa. ***And every people adapted the tales to their own life, shifting the details to fit local customs.*** Worn smooth by ages of telling, the stories acquired that distinctive conciseness of form and rapidity of movement which are among their principal charms.***--Excerpt of Introduction..Pg. 5***