Myth & Fairy Tales Books

A Fairy Tale in Two Acts Taken from Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

A Fairy Tale in Two Acts Taken from Shakespeare by George Colman...

A House of Pomegranates

Oscar Wilde

A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published in 1891 as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales. Wilde once said that this collec..

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

Oscar Wilde

The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories: "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The ..

The Cricket on the Hearth

Charles Dickens

The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home is a novella by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Evans, and released 20 December 1845 with illustrations by Daniel Maclise, John Leech, Richar..

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a British children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he is chased about the garden of Mr. McGr..

The fables of Phaedrus

Anonymous

Aesop is credited with inventing animal fables, but the earliest written versions are by Phaedrus, apparently a slave, who introduced them to Latin literature in the time of Augustus. Many other story..

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

Anonymous

The story of Aladdin is a Middle-Eastern folk tale that is included in A Thousand and One Nights, and is the story of a poor boy in a Chinese city. Aladdin is convinced by a sorcerer to fetch a magic ..

Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper

Anonymous

Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper, is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is..