Fairy Tales & Mythology

Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov by Robert Chandler

These folktales feature young women who embark on arduous and dangerous quests, evil stepmothers who turn kids into geese, and tsars who pose ...

Italian Folk Tales by Italo Calvino

The wide collection of Italian stories, which span from Corsica and Sicily to Venice and the Alps, has been carefully chosen and artistically ...

The Tale of Troy by Roger Lancelyn Green

The tale of Helen and Paris's condemnation, the gathering of Heroes, and the siege of Troy; Achilles and his weak spot after being fed wild honey and ...

The Fall of Troy by Quintus of Smyrna

The book is filled with themes like "pietas" and "fatum," which inspire Aeneas to exact revenge on his people and play a significant role in the ...

The Aeneid by Virgil

Virgil penned the Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by glorifying his legendary ancestor Aeneas following a century of political unrest in Rome ...

The Iliad by Homer

A man kidnaps the wife of another after seducing her. In order to get back at her and get retribution, the husband and his brother form a gang. The ...

God Beneath the Sea by Leon Garfield

This timeless work of children's literature by Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen tells some of the most well-known Greek mythology again. From their ...

Arabian Nights and Days by Naguib Mahfouz

Throughout this tale, evil djinnis play the part of villains who seduce helpless mortals into terrible behaviour. They drive people away from ...

Beauty and the Beast by Jean Cocteau

Great poet, author, and polymath Cocteau was. Additionally, he directed some stunning movies. This is a journal detailing the production of his ...

Vetaal and Vikram: Riddles of the Undead by Gayathri Prabhu

A humorous version of one of India's most well-known story cycles may be found in Vetaal and Vikram. The Kathasaritsagara, a work written in Sanskrit ...

The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth

Dortchen Wild, one of six sisters, was born in the early 19th century and resides in the Hesse-Cassel, a small German monarchy. Wilhelm Grimm, a ...

The Tale of Tales by Giambattista Basile

Rapunzel, All-Fur, Hansel and Gretel, The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella are just a few of the well-known fairy ...

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