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‘Hans Andersen’s fairy tales’ with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. First published in 1913, reissued in 1917 by Constable & Co., London.

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7 years ago
millionsmillions: “Those of you with more than a passing familiarity with the Brothers Grimm will know that classic fairy tales were often dark and macabre. They’re considerably more frightening than the sanitized versions we read to our children...
millionsmillions: “Those of you with more than a passing familiarity with the Brothers Grimm will know that classic fairy tales were often dark and macabre. They’re considerably more frightening than the sanitized versions we read to our children...
millionsmillions: “Those of you with more than a passing familiarity with the Brothers Grimm will know that classic fairy tales were often dark and macabre. They’re considerably more frightening than the sanitized versions we read to our children...

millionsmillions:

Those of you with more than a passing familiarity with the Brothers Grimm will know that classic fairy tales were often dark and macabre. They’re considerably more frightening than the sanitized versions we read to our children today. At Salon, Maria Tatar talks to Laura Miller about her translation of The Turnip Princess, a new collection of previously undiscovered fairy tales. Sample quote: “There isn’t that strict division of gendered labor that you find in the Grimms.” You could also read Kirsty Logan on the trouble with fairy tales.

8 years ago

booksactually:

“‘Why should I laugh?’ asked the old man. ‘Madness in youth is true wisdom. Go, young man, follow your dream, and if you do not find the happiness that you seek, at any rate you will have had the happiness of seeking it.’”

—from Fairy Tales from Around the World by Andrew Lang

8 years ago
Everyone thinks of [fairy tales] in terms of poisoned apples and glass coffins, and forgets that they represent girls who walked into dark forests and remade them into their own reflections.
Seanan McGuire, “Indexing”  (via pyladespunks)
8 years ago
vintageanchorbooks: “ “Since there are thousands of fairy tales, one may safely guess that there are probably equal numbers where the courage and determination of females rescue males, and vice versa.” ― Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The...
vintageanchorbooks: “ “Since there are thousands of fairy tales, one may safely guess that there are probably equal numbers where the courage and determination of females rescue males, and vice versa.” ― Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The...
vintageanchorbooks: “ “Since there are thousands of fairy tales, one may safely guess that there are probably equal numbers where the courage and determination of females rescue males, and vice versa.” ― Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The...

vintageanchorbooks:

“Since there are thousands of fairy tales, one may safely guess that there are probably equal numbers where the courage and determination of females rescue males, and vice versa.”
― Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

10 years ago