A wonderful book that traces the development of the literary fairy tale. Zipes includes famous authors, such as Wilde and the Grimms, but he also includes less well known stories. The stories range in style, some are funny, some are dark. Most, however, are just plain good. I first read this whe...
I will admit that I am a Jack Zipes nut. I love his collections. This book contains several French Fairy tales. The focus, like the title implies, is on Beauty and the Beast tales. Zipes includes less known versions. This book is also good because Zipes includes fairy tales by the women salon w...
Everyone who hasn’t been living under a rock knows the general gist of this story so I’ll spare the plot details. Despite being very familiar with this story I found that reading it in its original form felt completely fresh. And I believe that Peter and Wendy’s first exchange (Chapter 3: Come Away...
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