Fairy tales books

The Arabian Nights Entertainments

Anonymous

The Arabian Nights Entertainments is a collection of folk narratives that originated in the Arabic‑speaking…

Le avventure di Pinocchio: Storia di un burattino

Carlo Collodi

Il racconto di Carlo Collodi si presenta come una favola giovanile incentrata sul burattino Pinocchio, ma il…

The Story of the Three Little Pigs

L. Leslie Brooke

The Story of the Three Little Pigs is a whimsical retelling of the familiar fairy‑tale, presented in a…

Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet

Carlo Collodi

The tale begins in a noisy workshop where a frightened carpenter, Master Cherry, hears a mysterious voice…

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

Unknown

The tale begins in a modest Arab town, introducing a lazy youth named Aladdin, the son of a deceased tailor,…

The Fairy Books of Andrew Lang A Project Gutenberg Linked Index to All Stories in the 12 Volumes

Andrew Lang

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. Second Series

H. C. Andersen

The second volume gathers a selection of Hans Christian Andersen’s shorter tales, chosen for their appeal to…

At the Back of the North Wind

George MacDonald

The work is a whimsical fairy‑tale narrated by an unnamed storyteller who claims to set out a different…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 (of 10)

The volume concludes the famed Arabian compilation with the tale of Ma’aruf the Cobbler and his wife Fatimah,…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 (of 10)

The volume is a compendium of Arabian fairy‑tales drawn from the legendary Thousand Nights, and it opens with…

The Chinese Fairy Book

The Chinese Fairy Book gathers seventy‑three tales drawn from a wide range of traditional sources, presenting…

Sindbad the Sailor, & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights

Anonymous

This work is a collection of Arabian Nights tales, presented here under the heading “Sindbad the Sailor, &…

Stories from Hans Andersen

H. C. Andersen

This volume gathers a selection of Hans Christian Andersen’s short, fairy‑tale narratives, beginning with a…

Indian Fairy Tales

Indian Fairy Tales is a scholarly anthology that gathers a wide range of stories from the Indian…

Beauty and the Beast

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

The work is a French‑origin fairy tale retold by Jeanne‑Marie Leprince de Beaumont, opening with the familiar…

The Tales of Mother Goose As First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696

Charles Perrault

This volume presents the first collected edition of Charles Perrault’s Mother Goose tales, first issued in…

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales

H. C. Andersen

The Violet Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

The Violet Fairy Book is a collection of folk narratives gathered from many cultures and rendered into…

A House of Pomegranates

Oscar Wilde

The work is a collection of fairy‑tale‑like sketches that blend the courtly imagination of a young monarch…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 (of 10)

This volume collects a swath of Arabian folklore, beginning with the famed sailor‑merchant Sindbad and moving…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 (of 10)

The volume opens with a lavishly detailed tableau of King Sabur, a Persian monarch famed for his wealth,…

The Happy Prince, and Other Tales

Oscar Wilde

The volume gathers Oscar Wilde’s fairy‑tale stories, beginning with a whimsical yet melancholy episode that…

The Yellow Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

The Yellow Fairy Book is a collection of folk and literary tales assembled by Andrew Lang and presented as a…

The Pink Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

The Pink Fairy Book is a collection of folk narratives gathered from many cultures, assembled by Andrew Lang…