English Fairy Tales

Fairy tales are written both to entertain and to educate. Published in the shadow of the First World War, F. A. Steel's retellings of forty-one English fairy tales form a classic collection of stories, ranging from the familiar - 'Jack and the Beanstalk', 'Little Red Riding-Hood' and 'The Three Little Pigs' - to the perhaps less well known - 'The Black Bull of Norroway', 'Nix Nought Nothing' and 'The Red Ettin'. Originally published in 1918, it reflects the nationalistic concerns of the period. Steel takes the reader on a journey, from Cornwall to Bamburgh Castle via a palace by the sea, as well as high into the sky, where a giant lives. The magical tales in English Fairy Tales are brought to life by one of the best-known illustrators of the time, Arthur Rackham.Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Product details

• Authors: SANDERS HARRIET, F A Steel, F. A. Steel, F.A. Steel, Flora A. Steel, Flora Annie Steel
• Assisted by: Arthur Rackham (Illustration)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781909621466
• ISBN: 978-1-909621-46-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 105 mm x 157 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Anthologies, Myth & legend told as fiction, Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, Children’s / Teenage: Anthologies, Classic fiction: general and literary