Fairy Tales
Publishers often did not bother to identify actual authors, but attributed the stories to well-known fairies — Oberon or Puck — or to Mother Goose, the archetypal old woman who recounts folk stories and poetry to listeners young and old. Hans Christian Andersen, unusually, wrote original stories, many of which came to be well-known fairy tales: The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, and The Ugly Duckling.
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Aulnoy, Marie-Catherine. Queen Mab: Containing a Select Collection of Only the Best, Most Instructive, and Entertaining Tales of the Fairies. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1782.
Perrault, Charles, et al. The Celebrated Fairy Tales of Mother Goose. London: Printed for J. Harris, corner of St. Paul’s Church Yard, 1817.
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. German Popular Stories: Translated from the Kinder und Haus Märchen. London: C. Baldwyn, 1823.
Tabart, Benjamin., et al. Popular Fairy Tales: or, A Liliputian Library. London: Published by Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride Court, Bridge Street, 1818.
Andersen, Hans Christian, and Mary Howittt, translator. Wonderful Stories for Children. London: Chapman and Hall, 1846.