Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales

Comprising three parts, this book is a companion volume to The Boggart: Folklore, History, Place-Names and Dialect.

A Beauty and the Beast Fantasy Romance Retelling A woman reborn as fae.

The tenth-anniversary Emerald Issue contains new stories, poems, essays, and artwork inspired by the themes of "e;emeralds"e; and "e;Oz.

Ungezähmt, ungebrochen, unwiderstehlich: die wahre Schöpfungsgeschichte, erzählt von Lilith, der ersten Frau.

Ob Dornröschen, Zwerg Nase, die sieben Geißlein oder die kleine Meerjungfrau – Märchen verzaubern, bereichern und sind vor allem eins: zeitlose Weltliteratur für Klein und Groß.

Fully illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a unique and wonderfully creepy tale that is sure to delight Murakami fans.

The Book of Lost Tales: Part One is the first of a two-volume set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of J.

The tenth-anniversary Emerald Issue contains new stories, poems, essays, and artwork inspired by the themes of "e;emeralds"e; and "e;Oz.

A collection of magical Italian folk and fairy tales-most in English for the first timeThe Pomegranates and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales presents twenty magical stories published between 1875 and 1914, following Italy's political unification.

This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1910 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series.

DAS BUCH DREI behandelt Dreiheiten jeglicher Art, die Dreiteilung in der Anthroposophie, bei den hinduistischen Gottheiten, die Dreieinigkeit, dreizählige Pflanzen, dreimaliges Ansprechen, dreifache Affirmationen u.

A diverse new anthology that traces the meaning and magic of the sorcerer's apprentice tale throughout history"e;The Sorcerer's Apprentice"e; might conjure up images of Mickey Mouse from the Disney film Fantasia, or of Harry Potter.

An extraordinary collection of Japanese ghost stories, many in English for the first time!

Legend has it that the town of Sleepy Hollow is haunted by the ghost of the terrifying Headless Horseman.

'The Yellow Fairy Book - Illustrated by H.

Grimm's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Ada Dennis is a wonderful collection of classic fairy tales including 'Little Snow White', 'Rapunzel', 'Hop-O'-My-Thumb', 'The Three Little Men in the Wood', 'Snow White and Rose Red', 'Clever Grethel', 'The Giants Three Golden Hairs', and many more.

This early German romance tells the tragic tale of a young water spirit, Undine, who marries a knight in an attempt to gain a soul.

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Tales of Passed Times' is a collection of Charles Perrault's fairy tales, accompanied by the beautiful illustrations of Charles Robinson.

WHEN GODS TURN VENGEFUL, ONLY THE BRAVE CAN DEFY FATE AND FIND THEIR WAY HOMEDiscover the stunning conclusion to Stephen Fry's internationally bestselling Greek myths series'Relatable and full of humour ' GUARDIAN'Fry breathes contemporary relevance into these ancient tales' OBSERVER--After the fall of Troy, wily Odysseus, King of Ithaca, sails for home and his steadfast queen Penelope.

Our story begins as the mischievous Goldilocks flees from the Three Bears into the deep, dark wood.

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As he stumbles through an afterlife he never believed in, scientist Kenzaboro Tsuruda must make sense of his life and confront his family's secrets in order to save his ancestors from becoming Hungry Ghosts-a Buddhist state of purgatory.

Clouston's classic study of international folktales, their common origins, and their cultural variations is updated with new research.

This collection of translated tales is from the most famous work in all of Japanese classical literaturethe Konjaku Monogatari Shu.

'If you crossed The Miniaturist with Promising Young Woman, you'd get The House of Barbary .

He robbed from the rich to give to the poor, or so the legend goes.

The historic lakeside village of Cazenovia in the scenic Finger Lakes region is one of the jewels of Central New York, and yet very few books have told its story.

Amidst the chaos and violence of Europe in the eighth century, Charlemagne became king of the Franks and established a large empire.

Entertainingprofound.

A classic childrens tale about Gnomes, appealing equally, if not more so, to the adult child.

To win the God of War's favour was wise - to fall in love with him would ruin me 'Lush, deeply romantic, and endlessly enchanting.

Jennifer Saints mitreißende Heldinnen-Sagas in einem E-Bundle zum attraktiven Sonderpreis.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Edited by Anna Alice Chapin (1880 - 1920), the Now A Days Fairy Book contains such classic stories as: the Brothers Grimm's 'Snow White' and 'Little Red Riding Hood', Charles Perrault's 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Sleeping Beauty', alongside Mme D'Aulnoy's 'The Three Bears' and other less well-known tales such as 'The Mist Island' and 'Fairy Talk.

A focused study of an ancient myth and its reception, which provokes new consideration of how myth in general can challenge social norms.

This vintage book contains a collection of ballads compiled by Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1891.

417 famous stories from all over the world retold by the teacher Patrick Healy.

A “brilliant” novel of Elizabeth Bathory, the notorious sixteenth-century Hungarian aristocrat who bathed in the blood of virgins (St.

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Das große Finale der Dark Academia-Erfolgstrilogie "Rosenholm"Kamille, Kirstine, Victoria und Malou haben nach zwei aufregenden Jahren im magischen Internat Rosenholm herausgefunden, wer die junge Trine vor Jahrzehnten getötet und als Geist in ein wurzelloses Dasein verbannt hat.

Bestselling author Shannon Chakraborty expands the acclaimed, Hugo-nominated Daevabad Trilogy with this magical compilation of stories from before, during, and after the events of the series.

This early work by Robert E.