Victorian Fairy Tales (with illustrations from the original editions)

by Michael Patrick Hearn

Hardcover, 1990

Status

Available

Call number

823.808

Tags

fiction, children, middle grade, anthology, illustrated, golden age illustrators, fairy tales, folklore, short stories

Genres

Collection

Children's Lit & Picture Books

Publication

Canongate Books Ltd (1990), Hardcover, 400 pages

Description

A collection of classic Victorian fairy tales by such authors as John Ruskin, Charles Dickens, and Oscar Wilde.

User reviews

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Book Description: NYC: Pantheon Books, 1988. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition So Stated. Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library.
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Subjects

English fiction
English fiction 19th century
Fairy tales
Fairy tales Great Britain
Short Stories

Language

English

Original publication date

1988

Physical description

400 p.; 9.13 inches

ISBN

0862413265 / 9780862413262

Local notes

Seventeen classic stories and poems from the golden age of the English fairy tale. Accompanied by the illustrations from the original editions of these works—by such celebrated Victorian artists as Dante, Gabriel Rossetti, Maxfield Parrish, and Arthur Rackham.

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