Swedish Folktales and Legends

by George Blecher

Book Overview

A unique collection of Sweden's most charming folktales Swedish Folktales and Legends is a diverse and representative collection of stories from Sweden's centuries-old folklore tradition. Ranging from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679758410
• ISBN13: 9780679758419
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

good, but could be better

This collection was reasonably amusing. The selection of characters was diverse, and there was an appropriate mixture of both bawdy and "toilet" humor. However, I kept getting the feeling that I was reading second-hand tellings of the Norwegian classics of Asbjornsen and Moe. This collection truly pales by comparison to the high degree of art evidenced in the A & M stories. By the way, why did the designers of this book choose a paper-bag-colored cover?

Great book!

This is a great book. I read it alot myself and also to mysister. Some of these stories are very funny while others are more'romantic' (sorta). You just have to read it, one of my sister's favorites is "The Princess of Catburg".

Great book!

I just want to say this is a great collection of folk tales. There is a lot of variety and some of the tales are so funny!