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The Classic Fairy Tales is an illustrated anthology of traditional fairy tales edited and annotated by Iona and Peter Opie, bringing together twenty-four of the best-known tales in the form in which they first appeared in English print. The collection includes familiar stories such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast and other classic fairy tales, accompanied by historical commentary that traces how each tale developed through print, translation, adaptation and oral tradition. Rather than presenting the stories as simplified retellings, the Opies frame them as part of folklore, children’s literature and cultural history, showing how fairy-tale motifs, fears, wishes and moral conflicts changed across time. This illustrated folklore anthology will interest readers of classic children’s literature, fairy-tale studies and traditional stories who want both the pleasure of the tales themselves and a deeper look at the way they entered the English literary tradition.
Author: Iona Opie and Peter Opie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year of publication: 1974
Number of pages: 255
Original language: English