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Books in the Fairy Tales - Classic genre:

The Yellow Dwarf (1875)

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A selfish princess is cured and marries her prince. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

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

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Aladdin’s Picture Book (1876)

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Omnibus containing Aladdin, The Hind in the Wood, Princess Belle Etoile, and The Yellow Dwarf. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.... View More

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

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Grimm’s Goblins (1876)

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This is an omnibus edition of the tales translated by Taylor with all of the Cruikshank illustrations. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

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Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes (1876)

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Uses some at least of the material from Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales. Read online at Toronto Public Library. Note: that link opens very slowly.... View More

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane
Alfred Crowquill
John Tenniel
Et al

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Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales (1876)

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Two separately-paginated books bound as one with over five hundred illustrations. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane
Alfred Crowquill
John Tenniel
Et al

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The Sleeping Beauty (1876)

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Classic fairy tale of a princess, a christening, a spindle and a prince. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

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

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The Children’s Musical Cinderella (1879)

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A musical version of Cinderella. Uses the original Walter Crane illustrations. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.... View More

Author(s): Louis Napoleon Parker
William Routledge
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Boy’s Mabinogion (1881)

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A collection of twelve traditional Welsh tales mainly concerning the Matter of Britain. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Alfred Fredericks

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Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm (1882)

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Fifty-two tales from the German masters. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Grimm’s Household Tales (1884)

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This translation which has only a few ‘slightly softened’ passages was issued in two volumes and has an introduction by Andrew Lang. The Grimms’ original notes are also included. Volume I: Read online at archive.org Volume II: Read... View More

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): None

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Bric-a-Brac Stories (1885)

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Twenty-four stories with pictures. Read for free online at Google Books.

Author(s): Mrs. Burton Harrison
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Jack and the Beanstalk (1886)

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The familiar story of Jack and the Beanstalk in English hexameters by the son of the Poet Laureate. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg. Or Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Hallam Tennyson
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott’s Pictures and Songs (1887)

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All the picture books in one volume.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Jack the Giant Killer (1888)

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One of his juvenilia, drawn in 1842, this was published after the artist’s death. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

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

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The Blue Fairy Book (1889)

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A wide range of fairy tales, with seven from the Brothers Grimm, five from Madame d’Aulnoy, three from the Arabian Nights, and four Norwegian fairytales, among other sources. The Blue Fairy Book was the first volume in the series and so it cont... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford
Jacomb Hood

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The Doyle Fairy Book (1890)

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A collection of twenty-nine longer fairy tales. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Anthony R. Montalba
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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English Fairy Tales (1890)

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This was one of the first collections of English fairy tales. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Joseph Jacobs
Illustrator(s): John D. Batten

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The Red Fairy Book (1890)

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In this the second of his fairy books, Andrew Lang does take a hand in the writing. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford
Lancelot Speed

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Celtic Fairy Tales (1892)

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A choice selection from the great wealth of Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Cornish folk and fairy tales. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Joseph Jacobs
Illustrator(s): John D. Batten

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The Green Fairy Book (1892)

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This is the third collection of fairy tales edited by Andrew Lang. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

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