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Oliver Goldsmith (10 Nov 1728 – 4 Apr 1774) was a British novelist, poet and playwright. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh but did not take a degree, and made his career as a writer. His most notable works are The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), The Deserted Village (1770), The Good-Natur'd...

Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) - was an English poet who wrote more than 60 sonnets. The genre of the poems by Rossetti varies from romantically to poems for children. Her most famous works are ‘Goblin Market’ and ‘Remember’. ‘Goblin Market’ is a controversial poem by Christina Rossetti...

Manly Palmer Hall (1901 – 1990) was a Canadian author which became sufficiently known and respected as a lecture and interpreter of the ancient writings. “Fifteen Rosicrucian and Qabbalistic Diagrams” is the work by Manly Palmer Hall that gives information concerning the origin of fifteen diagrams which were considered to be the main part of authentic doctrine named Quabbalism. 

Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang gave many of the tales their first appearance in English.  Andrew Lang's Fairy Books — are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales. Each volume is distinguished by...

Joseph Jacobs was a scholar and historian, mostly known as a collector and publisher of English Folklore.   “The Lad with the Goat-skin” is a tale about a boy, named Tom, who was the son of one poor widow. The woman was so poor that she had no clothes to put on her son; so she used to...

Once upon a time there was an imbecile who had no parents, so kind village people gave him food and took care about him. Once upon a time he leaved his village and went to the magic castle. The aim of his journey was to seek the basin of gold and the lance of diamonds, which were in the castle… Could he find the way to the castle? What adventures did he face? Read the story to know!

Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist,literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology.    Andrew was born in Selkirk. The writer's  family was big, he was eldest of eight children. Andrew's mother named Jane Plenderleath Sellar, who was...

Andrew Lang was a Scottish prolific author, mostly known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. “How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu” is a fairy tale entered in “The Orange Fairy Book”, that was published in 1906. In a hot country, where the forests are very thick and dark, and the rivers...

Start your acquaintance with the folk culture of enigmatic northern people with “Chukchee Mythology”! We present you the corpus of legends, collected by Vladimir Germanovich Bogoraz, a writer and distinguished figure in anthropology, especially known for his studies of the Chukchi people in Siberia. ...

Manly Palmer Hall was a Canadian-born author and mystic. He is best known for his 1928 work The Secret Teachings of All Ages. «Fishes, Insects, Animals, Reptiles and Birds» is a part of the famous book written by Manly Palmer Hall «The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic...

Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was also a prolific author of works both...

George Webbe Dasent (1817-1896) was a folklorist and translator of legends and fairy-tales into English. Dasent was acquainted with Jacob Grimm who advised him to study mythology. Eventually George Dasent became a professor of English literature. This story tells us about a Smith who has made...

Given Romania's long and diverse cultural history, it is no surprise that the country has such a rich tapestry of folk tales, fairy tales, and legends. It is fortunate that so many of these stories survived the country's turbulent history and were passed down throughout the ages to countless Romanian...

Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.  “The Cunning shoemaker” is a short story by Andrew Lang included in “The Pink Fairy Book”. The story relates of a...