284 Fairy Tales and Fables: The Fables Of Aesop; English Fairy Tales; More English Fairy Tales; Celtic Fairy Tales; More Celtic Fairy Tales; Indian ... Fairy Book) (Timeless Wisdom Collection)

by Joseph Jacobs

This extraordinary volume collects, for the first time in one single book, the seven books of fairy tales and fables collected by Joseph Jacobs, Australian?folklorist, literary critic, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of?English folklore.? From English and Celtic stories; to Indian; European and Aesopian Fables, this book have them all.?Jacobs work went on to popularize some of the world's best known versions of English fairy tales . In this volume you will find the original versions of all the fairy tales you have grown to know and love, from Cinderella to Snow White, to Jack and the Beanstalk,?Goldilocks and the three bears,?The Three Little Pigs,?Jack the Giant Killer, The History of Tom Thumb and hundred of others, some lesser known but equally interesting Fairy Tales. The stories are complemented with the profound investigation made by Jacobs into the origin of each of those tales that have become part of the collective knowledge of humanity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534764240
• ISBN13: 9781534764248
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 766 Pages
• Weight: 2.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.7" x 6.0"