CHILDREN'S CLASSICS with Annotations and Background Research

Presented in this book is a collection of twenty classic children's fairy tales from mostly European folklore. In addition to the twenty stories that have delighted generations of children, the author has included a scholarly look at the worth of the "fairy tale" as a literary genre. In the fairy story, individuals are not set entirely free from their limitations, but, by the aid of fairies, genii, giants and the like, they are put in command of unusual powers and make themselves masters of...