European folk tales 1

Author: (English) Andrew Lang, Original/Translated by Yan Fang
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Children, welcome to the colorful world of folk fairy tales! Here, you'll meet the beautiful and pure Sunshine Princess, the kind and hardworking "Duck Buttocks," the treacherous and evil Queen, and the hypocritical and cruel Count. There are also magical oil lamps, flying carpets, magic wands, and beautiful little red flowers. These stories always tell about beautiful love, friendship, and family, and they always tell about justice ultimately defeating evil. The world of fairy tales is endless, and every nation has its own beautiful legends. From these wonderful stories, we have selected a portion to compile this series—"World Folk Fairy Tale Series," including: "European Folk Fairy Tales," "Asian Folk Fairy Tales," "Arabian Folk Tales," "Indian Folk Myths," "Russian Folk Fables," and more. To make this "World Folk Fairy Tale Series" a storybook loved by all children, to truly understand the customs and cultures of other regions of the world through reading these stories, to inspire interest in language and reading, and to broaden horizons, we have preserved the ethnic and linguistic characteristics of the stories, hoping they can be presented more vividly to everyone. The "European Folk Fairy Tales" you are now reading are selected from Andrew Lang's famous "Color Fairy Tales" in the UK. "Color Fairy Tales" is the foundation of all European folk fairy tales, containing a large number of folk legends and fairy tales from Norway, England, and other parts of Europe. Classic stories like "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" and "The Thief Master" are not only well-known to readers but have also been adapted into films multiple times.