The stories were good, mostly funny, but I didn't really understand what was going on in most of them. I'm thankful most of them were short because the longer ones got a little boring. I found this hard to read. I had to pay attention and think about what was going on and not in the fun way.
I read the first half of this book prior to buying this edition. This is actually Volumne 1 and Volumne 2 of Carter's Virago Fairy Tales.What makes the collection good is that the fairy tales, or folk tales, range widely. Carter does have some well known tales here, such as "Little Red Riding Hood...
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