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John Francis Campbell (1821 – 1885) was a renowned Scottish author and scholar who specialised in Celtic studies. Campbell gained the world popularity due to his Celtic folklore and Gaelic peoples in particular. Most well-known published works are the bilingual Popular Tales of the West Highlands...

John Francis Campbell was a Scottish author, mostly known as a collector of folklore. Inspired by the work of the Grimm brothers and by Scandinavian scholars, John Campbell used his fluent Gaelic to study the Gaelic oral tradition, and published four volumes of collected stories as “Popular Tales...

John Francis Campbell (29 December 1821 – 17 February1885) was a well-known Scottish author and specialized in Celtic studies scholar. He educated at Eton and Edinburgh. Also, he was able to speak Gaelic, Lapp, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Italian, German and Spanish. The most famous published works...

John Francis Campbell (29 December 1821 – 17 February1885) was a well-known Scottish author and specialized in Celtic studies scholar. He educated at Eton and Edinburgh. Also, he was able to speak Gaelic, Lapp, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Italian, German and Spanish. The most famous published works...

John Francis Campbell (29 December 1821 – 17 February1885) was a well-known Scottish author and specialized in Celtic studies scholar. He educated at Eton and Edinburgh. Also, he was able to speak Gaelic, Lapp, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Italian, German and Spanish. The most famous published works...

Basil Hall Chamberlain (October 18, 1850 – February 15, 1935) was a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th century. The most famous works of Basil Hall Chamberlain are translation of the “Kojiki” (1882),...

Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893), full name - Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a French writer and novelist, author of many famous novels and stories. Guy de Maupassant was born in the castle de Miromesnil near Dieppe. His father - Gustave de Maupassant - who belonged...

Russia is the country of great writers and poets. Russian literature is considered to be an original phenomena exposing the depths of the mysterious Russian soul featuring the combination of hospitality, light melancholy and the great range of moods. For your pleasure we have collected the works of...

The classic tale of fidelity and courage, witchcraft and true miracles, The Wild Swans has always stood apart all other Andersen's tales because of it's tense atmosphere and lots of horror moments. It is also often remembered as a truly Andersen-like: beautiful and kins princess Elisa is ordered mute...

“The Elf of the Rose” is a fairy tale that tells us about the elf who lived in the rose. One night he was late home and found all roses had already closed up. The elf flew to the end of the garden where was an arbor, overgrown with beautiful honey-suckles. There he found two young people who were...

Hans Christian Andersen became famous after publishing his fantastic novel in 1829. In the following years he established 3 compilations of tales “The Puppet Showman” is a story that teaches us to be careful with our wishes. Once the puppet showman gave a representation in the little town of Slagelse....

Hans Christian Andersen became famous after publishing his fantastic novel in 1829.  In the following years, he established 3 compilations of tales. Many children and adults passed through the world of his books. Even after many years these full of kind and love fairy tales are still remembered....