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Folk Tales Genre

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Books in the Folk Tales genre:

Robin Hood (1820)

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A collection of historical material related to Robin Hood, first published in 1795. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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German Popular Stories Volume II (1826)

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This second collection from Grimm includes a few tales from other sources. There is no list of tales but it begins with The Goose Girl and ends with The Juniper Tree. The image above is from a facsimile printed in 1904. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

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

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The Nursery Rhymes of England (1843)

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The first collection of English nursery rhymes and children's song that aimed at completeness. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): James Orchard Halliwell
Illustrator(s): None

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The Traditional Faëry Tales (1845)

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Includes Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, and Jack and the Bean Stalk. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Charles West Cope
John Callcott Horsley
Thomas Webster

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Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales of England (1849)

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One of the first compilations of English nursery rhymes and tales. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): James Orchard Halliwell
Illustrator(s): None

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The King of the Golden River (1851)

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The Southwest Wind, Esq. pays a visit to Hans, Schwartz and Gluck and things are never the same. Third and later editions have a modified frontispiece wherein the goblin has a conventional nose instead of a “hooter.” Read online at Intern... View More

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

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The Story of Jack and The Giants (1851)

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This is a newly illustrated version of the famous story of Jack the Giant Killer. Read for free online at HathiTrust, or at the University of Florida, or at Internet Archive.... View More

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

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Household Stories Collected by the Brothers Grimm (1853)

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This edition was published in two volumes. Read online at Internet Archive: Volume 1 and Volume 2.... View More

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): Edward Henry Wehnert

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Home Stories Collected by the Brothers Grimm (1855)

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An early translation of the Grimm stories. Read online at Google Books.

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): John Leighton
George Thompson

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The Scouring of the White Horse (1859)

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A history of the White Horse of The White Horse Vale and of the maintenance of that venerable relic. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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Household Tales and Popular Stories (1862)

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This selection of the tales and stories was also published under the title Grimm’s Fairy Tales and Other Popular Stories. Read online at Google Books.... View More

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): Bertall

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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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The Three Bears (1873)

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The story of the three bears and Silverlocks, told in verse. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

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

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Goody Two Shoes (1874)

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A tale of two orphans and how they eventually prospered. Read for Free online at Internet Archive.

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

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Valentine and Orson (1874)

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Twins separated at birth are reunited in knight errantry. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

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

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Bluebeard (1875)

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The famous spine chilling story of a wife who was too curious - ‘Sister Anne, Sister Anne!’ Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

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

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Little Red Riding Hood (1875)

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The classic tale of a girl, a grandmother and a wolf. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

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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How the Froggies Go to Sleep (1879)

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A collection of sixteen short stories and poems - better than average for its era. Read online at Baldwin Library.

Author(s): Palmer Cox
Kirk Munroe
Et al
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox
Louisa Parsons Stone Hopkins

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Easy Reading for Little Readers (1880)

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A collection of fables and stories, including The Story of Jack and the Giants by Richard Doyle. Read online at the University of Florida.... View More

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

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