The Victorian Fairy Tale Book - (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) Annotated by Michael Patrick Hearn (Paperback)

About the Book

This delightful selection of 17 stories and poems from the Golden Age of the English fairy tale features beloved Victorian-era classics: from Browning's "Pied Piper of Hamelin" and Thackeray's "Rose and the Ring" to Grahame's "Reluctant Dragon" and Barrie's "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens."

Book Synopsis

From Robert Browning's The Pied Piper of Hamelin and William Makepeace Thackeray's The Rose and the Ring to Kenneth Grahme's The Reluctant Dragon and J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, here are seventeen classic stories and poems from the golden age of the English fairy tale. Some of them amuse, some enchant, some satirize and criticize, but each one is an expression of the joy of living.

Accompanied by illustrations from the original editions of these works this collection will delight readers both young and old.

Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Review Quotes

"A superb anthology. The keynote of the collection is pure enchantment."
--The Washington Post Book World

"The language is elegant and lush, shot through with starlight and rainbows."
--The Philadelphia Inquirer

"A delight."
--Madeleine L'Engle

About the Author

MICHAEL PATRICK HEARN is a scholar of children's books and their illustration. His many works include The Annotated Wizard of Oz, The Annotated Huckleberry Finn, The Annotated Christmas Carol, The Andrew Lang Fairy Tale Books, and Myth, Magic, and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children's Book Illustration. He lives in New York City.