The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales
Illustrator:
Maxfield Parrish
Editor:
Nora A. Smith, Kate Douglas Wiggin
Publication:
1909 by Charles Scribner's Sons
Genre:
Anthology, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales
Series:
Scribner's Illustrated Classics for Young Readers
Pages:
339
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For more than five hundred years the Arabian classic Tales of a Thousand and One Nights has fascinated readers all over the world. Early in this century the popular novelist Kate Douglas Wiggin and her sister, Nora Smith, selected and edited twelve favorite tales from the collection, including the stories of Ali Baba and the forty thieves, Aladdin and his wonderful lamp, and Sinbad the voyager. Published as a Scribner Illustrated Classic in 1909, with full-color pictures by Maxfield Parrish, one of the most acclaimed illustrators of the period, The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales became the best-selling title in the noted Scribner Illustrated Classics series.
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
1856 - 1923American
Kate Douglas Wiggin was born Kate Smith in Philadelphia. Her parents were New Englanders and her childhood was spent in Maine. At the age of twelve ... See more
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Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
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"Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins tackle the topic of fairy stories, discussing the what, why and how of reading them. Angelina shares the distinctive characteristics of fairy stories in contrast to other types of stories, such as myths. They deal with the question of whether fairy tales are 'escapist', the influence of the Grimm brothers scholarly work on interpreting fairy stories, and allowing the story to unveil its deeper truths without forcing meaning onto it.
Angelina gives an illustration of how to see the gospel messages in fairy tales by talking us through the story of Sleeping Beauty. She refutes the ideas that fairy tales are about human romance or are misogynistic. She also highlights some of the Enlightenment and Puritan responses to fairy tales that still linger with us today. Cindy and Angelina also discuss some common concerns such as the magical, weird, or scary aspects of fairy tales. Angelina also makes a distinction between folk tales, literary fairy tales, and cautionary tales."
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