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Books in the Fairy Tales - Classic genre:

Dealings with the Fairies (1867)

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A collection of stories including ‘The Light Princess’ about a princess who losses her gravity. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Arthur Hughes

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Aunt Louisa’s London Toy Books: Diamonds and Toads (1871)

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A fairy tale with color illustrations. Read online at the University of Florida. Or at archive.org. It is the first story in this compilation.... View More

Author(s): Charles Perrault
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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The Enchanted Crow and Other Famous Fairy Tales (1871)

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A collection of six fairy tales. The cover has a paste-on colored version of this illustration. This is a reprint of part of Fairy Tales from All Nations. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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The Feast of the Dwarfs (1871)

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This is a reprint of eight tales from Fairy Tales from All Nations. The frontispiece is in color in this edition. The cover has a paste-on color version of the illustration shown above. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Fortune’s Favorite and other Famous Fairy Tales (1871)

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Six fairy tales from Fairy Tales from All Nations. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Routledge’s Coloured Picture Book (1871)

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This omnibus includes Chattering Jack and The Multiplication Table in Verse by Walter Crane. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Charles H. Bennett
Illustrator(s): Charles H. Bennett
Walter Crane

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Snow White and Rosy Red (1871)

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Five fairy tales from Fairy Tales from All Nations. The illustration may be in color, and may be used as a paste-on on the front board. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1873)

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A boy is cutting firewood in the forest. He overhears some thieves open the way into a cave with the words “open sesame.” This is one of the best-known tales from the Arabian Nights. Read for free online at Internet Archive and at the Uni... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Cinderella (1873)

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A neglected stepdaughter, a fairy godmother and a prince. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Walter Crane’s New Toy Book (1873)

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Omnibus containing One, Two Buckle My Shoe, The Adventures of Puffy, This Little Pig Went to Market, Noah’s Ark Alphabet, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Cinderella, My Mother, and The Three Bears. Read for free online at the Toronto Public Lib... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Beauty and the Beast (1874)

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The classic tale of a daughter who redeems her father and saves her husband. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Frog Prince (1874)

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Would you kiss a frog? Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Little Lame Prince (1874)

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A young prince whose legs are paralyzed due to a childhood trauma is given a magical traveling cloak by his fairy godmother; he uses this cloak to go on various adventures and develops great wisdom and empathy in the process. Read the 1965 edition on... View More

Author(s): Dinah Maria Mulock
Illustrator(s): John McLaren Ralston

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The Marquis of Carabas’ Picture Book (1874)

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An omnibus containing The Absurd ABC, Old Mother Hubbard, Puss in Boots and Valentine and Orson. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Sarah Catherine Martin
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Puss in Boots (1874)

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The miller’s son sends his cat into the world to make him a fortune. The cover (above) is from a later reprinting. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Aladdin: or The Wonderful Lamp (1875)

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New lamps for old! and a most obliging genie. Read for free online at Internet Archive and at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Bluebeard Picture Book (1875)

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An omnibus containing Baby’s Own Alphabet, Bluebeard, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding Hood. Read online at NLJ.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Hind in the Wood (1875)

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A neglected fairy curses the newborn princess. Read for Free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Jack and the Beanstalk (1875)

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Trading his mother’s cow for a handful of magic beans works out in the end. Read for free online at the Toronto Public Library. NOTE: this link downloads a very large file.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Princess Belle Etoile (1875)

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Three young princes and a princess are set adrift to drown, but are rescued and grow up to claim their rightful heritage. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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