The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales

The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales

BookThe Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales
PublisherOxford University Press
EditorAlison Lurie
Copyright HolderAlison Lurie
Typeset byBest-set Typesetter Ltd.
Cover Art byMaxfield Parrish
Contributing WriterCatherine Sinclair, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Ruskin, Frances Browne, George MacDonald, Charles Dickens, Mary de Morgan, Lucy Lane Clifford, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Howard Pyle, Frank Richard Stockton, Oscar Wilde, Laurence Housman, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Grahame, E. Nesbit, L. Frank Baum, H. G. Wells, Lord Dunsany, Carl Sandburg, Walter de la Mare, T. H. White, Richard Hughes, James Thurber, Sylvia Townsend Warner, John Collier, Philip K. Dick, Naomi Mitchison, Bernard Malamud, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Donald Barthelme, Tanith Lee, Jay Williams (2), Joan Aiken, Angela Carter, Jeanne Desy, Ursula K. Le Guin, Jane Yolen, Richard Kennedy (2), Louise Erdrich
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationOxford, New York
Copyright1993
Pages / Font455 pages
Library of Congress Classification NumberPR1309.F2609 1993
Dewey Decimal Classification Number823'.0108—dc20
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number92-28007
ISBN 100-19-214218-6
Printer's Key1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
ChaptersIntroduction Uncle David's Nonsensical Story about Giants and Fairies Catherine Sinclair Feathertop Nathaniel Hawthorne The King of the Golden River John Ruskin The Story of Fairyfoot Frances Browne The Light Princess George MacDonald The Magic Fishbone Charles Dickens A Toy Princess Mary de Morgan The New Mother Lucy Lane Clifford Good Luck Is Better Than Gold Juliana Horatia Ewing The Apple of Contentment Howard Pyle The Griffin and the Minor Canon Frank Stockton The Selfish Giant Oscar Wilde The Rooted Lover Laurence Housman The Song of the Morrow Robert Louis Stevenson The Reluctant Dragon Kenneth Grahame The Book of Beasts E. Nesbit The Queen of Quok L. F. Baum The Magic Shop H. G. Wells The Kith of the Elf-Folk Lord Dunsany The Story of Blixie Bimber and the Power of the Gold Buckskin Whincher Carl Sandburg The Lovely Myfanwy Walter de la Mare The Troll T. H. White Gertrude's Child Richard Hughes The Unicorn in the Garden James Thurber Bluebeard's Daughter Sylvia Townsend Warner The Chaser John Collier The King of the Elves Philip K. Dick In the Family Naomi Mitchison The Jewbird Bernard Malamud Menaseh's Dream I. B. Singer The Glass Mountain Donald Barthelme Prince Amilec Tanith Lee Petronella Jay Williams The Man Who Had Seen the Rope Trick Joan Aiken The Courtship of Mr Lyon Angela Carter The Princess Who Stood On Her Own Two Feet Jeanne Desy The Wife's Story Ursula Le Guin The River Maid Jane Yolen The Porcelain Man Richard Kennedy Old Man Potchikoo Louise Erdrich Biographical Notes Publisher's Acknowledgments
NotesPrinted in U.S.A.
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