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Thomas Keightley (1789–1872) was an Irish writer best known for his works on mythology and folklore. Fairy Mythology published in 1928 gained the world popularity and was reprinted as The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves, and Other Little People. Regarded as a pioneer in the study of Folklore...

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...

Alexandre Dumas fils est un auteur dramatique et romancier français. Il était comme son père un auteur à grand succès. Il est connu principalement pour son roman La Dame aux camélias. Ce roman, publié en 1848, est inspiré par son amour pour la...

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 included The Three Robes in The Crimson Fairy Book. It is almost impossible to envision what childhood...

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....

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...

Daniel Defoe was an English writer and publicist, mostly known as the author of “Robinson Crusoe”. He is considered as the founder of the genre of novel, favored for its popularization in Britain. 'Tour Through the Eastern Counties of England' is a Defoe’s report of his travels, first...

Sir Edward Kelly (1 Aug 1555 – 1 Nov 1597), was a remarkable, yet ambivalent character British occultism in times of Renaissance. He claimed to be a spirit medium and a possessor of a secret technique of turning different metals in gold. Aftir his death, Kelly’s name was surrounded by numerous...

One early morning a small steam-barge called Bulldog was passing the town. The speed of the steam-barge was six knots per hour. The captain of the ship was annoyed by the speed. He went with his crew to the engine room and wanted to ask the steamer why the speed of steam-barge was so small. But the...

There were disquieting gossip that epidemic of Billetitis that was in the North of King's Road showed signs of spreading. Articles about that disease fulfilled all the newspapers first pages. Some people came to me to check the state of my health. One day, since a couple of months a maid came to bedroom-door...

There was bad blood between the captain and mate who comprised the officers and crew of the sailing-barge which called “Swallow”. Their trip from London to Littleport was conducted in glum silence. The tension was high – captain spoke few words, but his words were filled by threats and abuse....

William Wymark Jacobs was born in 1863 in England. In his stories he described lives of river sailors and stevedores. One man said that he didn’t want to waste his time on waiting for something. But another man answered back: "Give just another five minutes, Harry!" The third man said:...

One day the captain of the ship which called “Fearless” came on to the wharf. He dodged round an empty van, lurked behind an empty barrel, flitted from that to a post, and finally from the interior of a steam crane peeped melodramatically on to the deck of his craft. To the ordinary man who hadn’t...

William Wymark Jacobs was an english novella and short story writer, novelist, and dramatist. One of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century, Jacobs is best remembered today for his classic tale of horror, “The Monkey's Paw.” He also wrote comic stories set on the London...