{"product_id":"victorian-fairy-tales-9780198737599","title":"Victorian Fairy Tales","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e'The Queen and the bat had been talking a good deal that afternoon...'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Victorian fascination with fairyland vivified the literature of the period, and led to some of the most imaginative fairy tales ever written. They offer the shortest path to the age's dreams, desires, and wishes. Authors central to the nineteenth-century canon such as W. M. Thackeray, Oscar Wilde, Ford Madox Ford, and Rudyard Kipling wrote fairy tales, and authors primarily famous for their work in the genre include George MacDonald, Juliana Ewing, Mary De Morgan, and Andrew Lang. This anthology brings together fourteen of the best stories, by these and other outstanding practitioners, to show the vibrancy and variety of the form and its abilities to reflect our deepest concerns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn tales of whimsy and romance, witty satire and uncanny mystery, love, suffering, family and the travails of identity are imaginatively explored. Michael Newton's introduction and notes provide illuminating contextual and biographical information about the authors and the development of the literary fairy tale. A selection of original illustrations is also included. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: \u003c\/strong\u003e For over 100 years \u003cem\u003eOxford World's Classics\u003c\/em\u003e has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Newton\u003c\/strong\u003e has taught at University College London, Princeton University, and Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, and now works at Leiden University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eSavage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children\u003c\/em\u003e (Faber, 20002), \u003cem\u003e Age of Assassins: A History of Conspiracy and Poltical Violence, 1865-1981\u003c\/em\u003e (Faber, 2012) and a book on \u003cem\u003eKind Hearts and Coronets\u003c\/em\u003e for the BFI Film Classics series. He has edited Edmund Gosse's\u003cem\u003e Father and Son\u003c\/em\u003e for Oxford World's Classics, and \u003cem\u003eThe Penguin Book of Ghost Stories\u003c\/em\u003e and Conrad's \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Agent\u003c\/em\u003e for Penguin. He has written and reviewed for the\u003cem\u003e Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cem\u003e New Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720779890962,"sku":"9780198737599","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_37662a1c-9d3d-47d5-a13b-da239f1431c6.jpg?v=1762935863","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/victorian-fairy-tales-9780198737599","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}