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September 17, 2026 | History
This anthology brings together 14 of the best Victorian fairy tales, by major period writers as well as specialists in the genre, to show the vibrancy of the form and its ability to reflect our deepest concerns. From whimsy to satire, the stories reveal the preoccupations of the age and celebrate the value of the imagination.
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Table of Contents
Rumpel-Stilts-kin / Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
The Princess and the Peas / Hans Christian Andersen
The Story of the Three Bears / Robert Southey
The King of the Golden River / John Ruskin
The Rose and the Ring / William Makepeace Thackeray
The Golden Key / George MacDonald
The Little Lame Prince and his Travelling Cloak / Dinah Mulock Craik
The Wanderings of Arasmon / Mary De Morgan
The First Wife's Wedding-Ring / Juliana Horatia Ewing
The Selfish Giant / Oscar Wilde
Prince Prigio / Andrew Lang
The Queen Who Flew / Ford Madox Ford
The Story of the Herons / Laurence Housman
The Reluctant Dragon / Kenneth Grahame
Melisande / E. Nesbit
Dymchurch Flit / Rudyard Kipling
Appendix: What is a Fairy Tale?
'Introduction' to German Popular Tales / John Ruskin
'Preface' to Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales / Juliana Horatia Ewing
'The Fantastic Imagination' / George MacDonald
'Introduction' to Gammer Grethel's Fairy Tales / Laurence Housman.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-444).
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