“More and more, she came to love humans; more and more, she wished she could rise up among them.”The youngest daughter of the Sea King cannot wait to be old enough to go to the surface and see the world of humans. Her first visit there changes her life forever when she saves a prince from drowning, and comes to love him above all others. For the chance to win his love and gain an immortal soul, the little sea princess is willing to risk everything…First published in 1837, Hans Christian Andersen’s haunting tale of love is brought to an English readership in this unabridged edition, which has been translated directly from the original Danish into English.

The Little Mermaid: The Classic Danish Fairytale (Unabridged)

Literature & Fiction

Andersen, Hans-Christian

Lawrence, Rachel Louise

Classics

Independently published

The Little Mermaid: The Classic Danish Fairytale (Illustrated)

Within four days, the date-tree had grown as tall as a woman, and out of it came a Fairy, who said to Zezolla, "What do you wish for?" Before Perrault and the Brothers Grimm, Basile penned the first modern literary version of the Cinderella fairytale. It is the story of Zezolla, the daughter of an Italian Prince, who is betrayed by her governess and forced to live the life of a servant--that is until the King announces a feast. With assistance from a date-tree given to her by the Fairies of Sardinia, Zezolla is able to attend the feast and her life is forever changed. In addition, this book contains The She-Bear--a close variant of The Cat Cinderella, also from Giambattista Basile's The Pentamerone--for an English readership to enjoy. [Folklore Type: ATU-510: Cinderella and Catskin - A + B (Persecuted Heroine + Unnatural Love)]

Zezolla, The Cat Cinderella: An Italian Fairytale

Basile, Giambattista

Think you know the story of Beauty and the Beast? Think again!
This book contains the original tale by Madame de Villeneuve, first published in 1740, and although the classic elements of Beauty giving up her freedom to live with the Beast, during which time she begins to see beyond his grotesque appearance, are present, there is a wealth of rich back story to how the Prince became cursed and revelations about Beauty’s parentage, which fail to appear in subsequent versions. 
If you want to read the full story of Beauty and the Beast, look no further than this latest unabridged edition... 
[Folklore Type: ATU-425C (Beauty and the Beast)]

Madame de Villeneuve's The Story of the Beauty and the Beast: The Original Classic French Fairytale

Barbot De Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Raised in India by her affluent and adoring father, Captain Ralph Crewe, Sara was sent to London to be educated at 'Miss Minchin's Seminary for Young Ladies' at the age of seven.Impressed by Captain Crewe's fortune, and wishing to keep Sara at the school as long as possible, Miss Minchin allows Sara luxuries far beyond those of her other parlour boarders - that is until the day of Sara's eleventh birthday when Sara receives the devastating news of her adored father's death.Suddenly penniless, Miss Minchin banishes Sara to the garret to work as a servant alongside Becky, the seminary's young scullery maid. Though starved and abused, Sara uses imagination and friendship - with Becky, Ermengarde, and Lottie - to make the best of her change in situation and fortunes. However, hope is on the horizon, in the guise of a monkey and his mysterious owner who lives next door ...3 Acts; Cast - 5 male, 3 female, 1 boy, and 14 girls; Setting - 1902, London

Sara Crewe - The Little Princess: Three-Act Playscript of the Classic Novel

Hodgson, Burnett Frances

Dramas & Plays

Undine, The Water Sprite: Spring (The Four Seasons)

de la Motte Fouqué, Friedrich

These four tales were intended by the Author to be appropriate to the Four Seasons: the stern, grave "Sintram", to winter; the tearful, smiling, fresh "Undine", to spring; the torrid deserts of the "Two Captains", to summer; and the sunset gold of "Aslauga's Knight", to autumn. Find all four tales in this omnibus volume, "The Four Seasons". Winter: "Sintram and His Companions" From boyhood, Sintram must battle between the violent customs fostered by his father and the pious lifestyle adopted by his mother Spring: "Undine, The Water Sprite" An elemental being marries a human, the Knight Huldbrand, in order to gain a soul. Summer: "The Two Captains" The friendship of German Captain, Sir Heimbert of Waldhausen, and Spanish Captain, Don Frederigo Mendez, is tested by love and war. Autumn: "Aslauga's Knight" Ghosts and witches, magic and combat, abound in this knightly tale of chivalrous love and friendship.

The Four Seasons: Sintram and His Companions, Undine, The Two Captains & Aslauga’s Knight

Mythology & Folk Tales

"Her name was Hildegardis, and she was acknowledged far and wide as the fairest of maidens."Froda, a brave and generous Danish knight, reads the century old legend of Queen Aslauga and his life is forever changed. On his journey to a tournament, where the prize is the hand of the beautiful Lady Hildegardis, he encounters the quiet but courageous German knight, Edwald. Both driven by honour and love, the strength of their friendship is tested through the tournament and the subsequent abduction of Hildegardis.Ghosts and witches, magic and combat, abound in this tale of love and friendship.

Aslauga's Knight: Autumn (Four Seasons)

“A great White Bear waits outside. He has faithfully promised to make us all rich if he can but have our youngest daughter.” 
Often called the Scandinavian Beauty and the Beast, this Norwegian folktale follows the journey of the youngest daughter of an impoverished woodsman, who—for the sake of her poor but large family—agrees to leave everything she has ever known and accompany a White Bear to his mountain castle.
After discovering the White Bear’s true identity, she seeks to rescue him from a forced marriage to a troll Princess. Her search leads her to the homes of the Four Winds, who may be her only hope in locating where her beloved now resides, in a castle which lies East of the Sun and West of the Moon...
[Folklore Type: ATU-425A (Search for the Lost Husband)]

East of the Sun and West of the Moon: A Norwegian Folktale

Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen

Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen

'A boy, pale as death, rushed into the hall, uttering a wild scream of terror. "Death and another are closely pursuing me!"'Sintram spends his life torn between the life he leads in his father's castle, where they keep alive many of the more violent Viking traditions of their ancestors, and that of the pious lifestyle of his mother and the Chaplain of Drontheim. When distant French relations, in the form of the infamous Folko of Montfaucon and his lady-wife Gabrielle, come to Norway and become guests of his father, Sintram's life is further complicated by his wish to become a knight as chivalrous as Folko and his infatuation with the beautiful Gabrielle.With the ever reliable Rolf at his side, Sintram must navigate the wildness in his nature, and his native landscape, in a bid to find the cause of the nightmares he experiences every Christmastide, and the true identities of the Crazy Pilgrim and the Little Master.This edition contains 20 full page black & white illustrations by E. J. Sullivan (1869-1933)

Sintram & His Companions (Illustrated)

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