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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...

Thomas Crane was an American scholar and writer, mostly known as a collector and publisher of folk-tales and legends.  “The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird” is an Italian fairy tale, entered in the “Italian Popular Tales” collection. The story is about a three...

Edwin Sidney Hartland (1848–1927) was a british author specialized on folklore. He is known for tales anthologies and collection, works on mythology, ethnology and anthropology. He belived in scientific picture of beliefs and traditions, that could be composed through through the gathering end exploring...

Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) is well-known as a collector of British folk and fairy tales, but he was a Victorian poet, novelist, academic and critic too. His poem had success, but he became famous published Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors – series of twelve different colored...

The Steadfast Tin Soldier is a literary fairy tale written by well-known Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, and was published in 1838 and was Andersen’s first not based upon a folk tale. The story tells us about tin soldier who fell in love with paper ballerina. A boy gets present on his birthday...

Hans Christian Andersen was one of the most famous Danish authors of XIX century. He wrote plays, novels and poems but most people know him as the outstanding author of the fairy tales. His stories are very popular among people of any age and nationality. His most famous fairy tales - “The Little...

Once upon a time there lived a man who had many children. He worked hard to provide his family. According to this, he was always angry and nagging, so the dwellers of the village called him “Father Grumbler”. He found it dull to sit so many hours by himself, thinking of nothing but how to pay...

Relationships with nearest and friends, nature and environment - that's what you can find in Japanese fairy tales. During reading Japanese fairy tales, children learn how to differ good from evil, to understand how important it is to be an honest person and take care of nearest and friends. In Japanese...

The article was written by an author in 1857. This interesting story will be useful for children and adults. This fairy tale plunges us into the fairy atmosphere. It is a legend with a linear plot, full of humor and has a philosophical point of view. What is the Bell telling? Opposite the old nunnery...

Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was an British explorer, poet, writer, translator, linguist, ethnography, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was famous for his research in Asia and Africa, as well as its exceptional knowledge of languages and different cultures. Burton...

Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was an British explorer, poet, writer, translator, linguist, ethnography, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was famous for his research in Asia and Africa, as well as its exceptional knowledge of languages and different cultures. Burton...

Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was an British explorer, poet, writer, translator, linguist, ethnography, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was famous for his research in Asia and Africa, as well as its exceptional knowledge of languages and different cultures. Burton...

“The Vampire's Fifth Story. Of the Thief Who Laughed and Wept” is a tale, included in “Vikram and The Vampire” - a group of tales, translated and adapted by Sir Richard Burton. The story turns chiefly on a great king named Vikram, the King Arthur of the East, who in pursuance of his promise...

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...