World's Best Fairy Tales

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***

subjects: Reader's Digest Association,  Belle Becker Sideman (Editor),  Fritz Kredel (illustrator),  Sixty-nine Fairy Tales,  Children,  Children's,  Kid's,  Juvenile,  Fiction,  Classics,  Classic,  Literature,  Anthology,  Anthologies,  Legends,  Fantasy,  Fairy tales,  Fairytales,  Folk,  Lore,  Tales,  Folklore,  Folktales,  Child and youth fiction

Times: 19th-20th Century Fairy Tales