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Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856 – 1923) was a famous American educator and author well known for children's stories. The highest rank of her literary experience became most notable classic children's novel named “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” which brought her the world recognition and popularity. “The...

Armstrong had been known during his father's lifetime as the Laird's Jock, or son; and being possessed of great strength and courage, had distinguished himself in the use of a two-handed sword, bequeathed to him by a Saxon outlaw, in many of the single combats which took place between the English...

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Everyone begins life's journey as a child. From one of the world's most beloved writers Charles Dickens...

There was a little seven-year-old boy named Wolff, whose parents were dead, who lived with a cross and stingy old aunt in spite of everything, he loved the old woman, although he was terribly afraid of her and could never look at her ugly old face without shivering. The little boy knew by experience...

Charles Dickens was an English writer, novelist and essayist. The most popular English-language writer during his lifetime, he presently has a reputation as a classic of the world literature, one of the greatest novelists of the XIX century. From the first pages of the novel Charles Dickens draws...

Once upon a time a shepherd found a child who was lying in a meadow. The shepherd was fond of children, so he took the baby home. The shepherd called the baby Paul. When he was fourteen years old – he was a strong boy, he could he could tear up oaks as if they were weeds. One day he went out into...

Have you ever been lost in your life? Apparently, not like seven-year-old Peter in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens! He's just heard that he has to grow up some day and fly away from his parents. After, he really, honestly wanted to go back several times but his was the other kind of...

Once on a time there was a king who had three sons. Two of them were handsome, but the third was a hunchback. His name was Alain and his father didn't love him. One day the king said to his sons that he was getting older and he would give his crown and kingdom to one who would bring the finest piece...

William Ralston Shedden-Ralston was an English writer and linguist, mostly known as an expert on Russian life and popularizer of Russian folklore and literature. “The Three Copecks” is a legend, entered in “Russian Fairy Tales, A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore”. The story tells about...

Hans Christian Andersen became famous after publishing his fantastic novel in 1829. In the following years he established 3 compilations of tales. “The Pigs” is a very funny fairy-tale. It tells us about pigs which ruled in the forest and how every other inhabitant didn’t like it, saying “Gone!...

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was a Danish storyteller, the author of more than 400 fairy tales, poet, writer, playwright, essayist. Memory of Andersen is immortalized in sculptures: in Copenhagen the statue of the Little Mermaid was established in honor of Andersen. There is also the award...

There was a dispute. Phaethon said to another man that he is a son of Phoebus Apollo. Phaethon couldn't prove to his opponent that he is a son of Phoebus. He came to mother and asked about his kinship with the Sun. She said: "It is true, I swear. If you have any doubt, go to the land whence he...

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...

Jungle World Tales is a collection of fairy tales for children inherited from different nation. It includes captivating stories about nature and animal. Each of the tales will teach you one important moral. Arrogance is a bad thing. It can play a nasty joke on someone, who thinks he's the best. Moreover...