I NEEEEED them ALL! Omg, I had sich a beautiful fairy tales collection as a child, there were like 10 books with over 1000 pages each and tales from all ober the world, with wonderful illustrations. I remember even having favourites! Although I am not sure how I managed to read some of them multiple times.. I think I should try and leaf through them again sometime when I am at my parents. Thank you for your inspiring videos, Jen!
Wow Jen! I have so many videos to watch from your channel! I have been away for a while and you post this beauty. My wishlist is enormous thanks to you, hehe. Great as always.
Awesome, definitely a few of these going on my wish list. And Celtic Tales is the PERFECT gift for a friend I have been wanting to send a "thank you" gift to, so thank you so much for those suggestions 👌😊
I love this video! I just received the Pullman book in the mail--ordered it because I saw it on your channel in a previous video. I can't wait to read it!
This is one of the best videos I've seen in a long time... Mainly because it's a theme I am so passionate about, but I don't see many people talk about. My wishlist on the theme just expanded!! Thank you for making this video!
I do not know if to be thankful of not. My first memory reading alone was a great selection of tales of the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Anderson, it was a beautiful edition that I adore. I read those tales I can't remember how many times. Now I want to buy if not all almost all your recommendations....
Just started reading "From the Beast to the Blonde" by Marina Warner. It's really interesting so far. Thank you so much for the recommendation (I think you mentioned it before in another video - I'm pretty sure... :-) ) As for my favorite fairy tale, well, for nostalgic reasons it would be The Beauty and the Beast; but there is another tale that I loved as a child, I don't think it is a "official" fairy tale... It's about a princess who gets captured by a dragon and when the prince turns up at the dragon's cave to "rescue" her, he is offended by her dirty hair and that she is wearing a dirty sack as a dress ( she lost her clothes when the dragon took her) and so she calls him an a****le and chooses to stay with the dragon. Always made me smile! :-D
I loved this video. I've been interested in fairy tales for a while and you gave so many great recommendations. My birthday is coming up, so I know what I'll be asking for.
Thank you so much for your helpful videos because I love fairy tales a lot they are my passion I love reading fairy tales and every thing even person also who is related to fairy tales are my favourite
I have the Barnes & Noble leatherbound editions of the fairytales of the brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson. They're absolutely gorgeous, although I must admit they're a bit impractical to read ...
The original tales always shocked me with how twisted they were. Well shocked, grimly (see what I did there) delighted me. Great selection of books. I need to check out more of the books about fairytales that's for sure.
I think my favourite might have to be The Red Shoes, I usually lean towards forests/snow and the LIKE as you do but that story always sticks in my head!
Omg I've been waiting for a source like this for 10 years! The first time I'd heard how fairy tales were brushed up in the 19th and 20th century I was around 15 I think, but I didn't have the resources to find originals (I'm Belgian so I was limited to Dutch books at the time). Right nog there are a bit more books about the originals of local stories but it's still not much. This is a lovely series, favorited and subscribed! ^^
I've read Gossip from the Forest thanks to your recommendation and found it very enjoyable. [[Also, fun fact: Grimm's Law, a Germanic sound change, was named after Jacob Grimm when he described it in 1822.]]
along with Marina warner and Jack Zipes, Maria Tatar edits, translates and writes non fiction about fairytales and is a great resource. Right now I am reading Giambattista Basile's Tale of Tales which is fascinating in tracking how fairytales change. My favourite individual fairytales are The Robber Bridegroom, East of the Sun West of the Moon, The Two Caskets, and The Frog and the Lion Fairy.
I read her non fiction book "The Hard Facts of the Brothers Grimm Fairytales" for my honours paper and found it really fascinating, and I've also just bought the compilation of beauty and the beast tales from around the world that she edited, which I'm excited to read.
Oh my goodness! 😍 and now I just wanna buy them all. Thankyou for a lovely video. my curious to learn more about the pied piper of hamlin. (I'm sorry if I've spelt that wrong)
Fave fairy tale has to be Oscar Wilde's The Selfish Giant or Andersen's The Little Match Girl💕 I got myself a nice collection of fairy tales called The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (edited by Alison Lurie), which I found in a used bookstore, and in it I found another favorite: Prince Amilec by Tanith Lee. I so want to get my hands on The Irresistible Fairy Tales and also the Oxford edition of Charles Perrault fairy tales, just to finally read his stuff!
I need to share this with you Jenn, I live in The Netherlands and we have one place that you would LOVE to visit! It's called the Efteling and it's the most magical, beautiful and authentic themepark there is.. If you ever meet the occasion to visit, do it. At least look it up :)
This video is definitely one of my favourites now! One question I've had for a while and thought you might now, what's the difference between folklore and fairy tales? Or are they interchangeable terms? Thanks so much for making this video!
The lines are blurred but generally folklore is superstition or a set of beliefs, gained via the tales themselves. So, for instance, a mermaid is a character of folklore, but a fairy tale would be an individual story about a mermaid.
Thank you for this new video Jen. I definitely need Jack Zipe's edition of the Brother's Grimm on my bookshelf! Have you ever read any books by Juliet Marillier? She is an Australian author who has written a number of interpretations of fairy tales and folklore. I really enjoyed her very first book "Daughter of the Forest" which is a retelling of The Six Swans. It's somewhat confronting in parts but I absolutely loved it! It is the first book in a trilogy but works well as a stand-alone novel. Would love to know if you have heard of it or read it?
When I was eight I won a book of Russian fairytales and I read it from cover to cover. I dont remember whole stories just snippets and potentially something about a house with legs but I recall loving the stories. I must read them again plus it was a beautiful book. I will share a picture sometime.
Such a great resource! Thanks! Do you have a video about what draws you to fairytales, or about your background regarding fairytales? Would love to know!
I am forever fascinated by the tame fairy tales that children are told these days - how cautionary tales filled with gore and horror have mellowed and been romanticised, bottled and fed to children. I fell in love with Disney as most children did, but delving into the history as an adult provides an amazing insight into social history.
Jen Campbell I agree, the historical insight is really interesting. I also find the similarities between tales told by/in different cultures to be very intriguing. I'm excited to check some of these suggestions out!
I've read the version of grim a that was done by Phillip Pullman and hadn't at the time realized they weren't the originals with a more modernized English, I'd been terribly disappointed by the lack of real gore so I will definitely keep my eye out for the original one. I've also read Angela carters book of fairy tales and loved the different tales from different continents. I also just finished the book of the sea which is a book meant for younger children with myths pertaining to the sea (obviously) from all around the world, which was well illustrated and written but I also liked the idea of a book not depending on continent or random but all with one do un theme, in this case the ocean.Recently I've been looking more into Russian mythology and fairy tales though I haven't gotten ahold of any books yet.I would love to know more about rumpulstiltskin (I know I've butchered that). I am a classics girl though so beauty and the beast, little mermaid and Milan are among my favorite Disney versions.I would recommend steampunk fairy tales, they are retelling but I loved each and every one with authors from all over the world. Not to mention a lovely cover. Sorry for the long message. I was also wondering what editing software you use on your videos as I'm considering doing a booktube channel?
Finally! This is the video I needed in my life, thanks for a massive list of recommendations! The collections that I have read and love are the Andrew Lang fairy books, which I read a lot growing up. I love the variety of stories in them, it's just such a shame that my copies are my mum's old ones that are falling apart :( Did you ever read those?
Yes, and we sold a lot of them at the antiquarian bookshop I used to run. They've been republished, if you want editions that aren't falling apart: www.bookdepository.com/search?searchTerm=andrew+lang&search=Find+book
Jen Campbell Definitely! Some of the new editions look quite nice, I'll treat myself to some of those soon ^^ I also bought the Barnes and Noble selected Lang Fairy Tales but sadly it mostly has the better known ones.
I'd like to also recommend 'Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales" Translated by Jean Hersholt and published by "Baker & Taylor Publications" if nothing else then just because it's a really beautiful Hardcover edition. with a nice baby-blue cover with engraved illustrations on the back and front and the pages all have gold-leafed edges. it is probably the prettiest book I own.
there's no shame in having multiple editions of the same book. I have 2 different editions of Grimm Fairy Tales, 2 different editions of Aesop's Fables and like 20 different editions of collected Greek Myths. having different editions of translated Fairy Tales is great because no two translations are exactly the same so it's like discovering the same story for the first time over and over again.
Hey Jen! I was wondering if you follow the tv show Once Upon a Time? Also, I recently went to Amsterdam and stumbled upon a book market. I found a little book about folk tales and fairy tales from Belgium! Since I'm from there, you can imagine how excited I was to have found that little gem. I'll be reading it soon!
I've read lots of these tales but only 1 literary work: On Fairy Stories/Tolkien. Could you do a vid on Russian tales: the ones about Baba Yaga the witch? Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves? Sinbad the Sailor? Aladdin and the genie? Something outside the central Euro tradition.
Hi Jen, I've just lost a morning to this series (happily, of course)! Have you read Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu? It's a sweet illustrated middle grade retelling of Snow White that I really enjoyed!
Mine is probably the little mermaid since it's original is so different from the Disney one and since Anderson was rumored (confirmed?) to be gay I always wondered how that could have been reflected in his writing
Angela Carter's book seems like a perfect place to find one's own direction into fairytales. I've seen on your channel before of course, but sometimes you need to see something once again to really see it, you know ;) Also those Skye Alexander books look really great - the one on unicorns I just wish to read somewhere in public xD On a simmiliar, but not exactly note, Jen, were you the one who goes to a witch shop from time to time? I find the history of witchcraft quite fascinating and I was wondering whether you had any recommendation in that area up ypur sleeve. xx
I'm not sure if I've mentioned that - these books might be of interest www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=3254 and you could check out Treadwell's website www.treadwells-london.com/ x
You know you watch too much booktube, when you have to sneak to people and ask them if they said, what you think they did :) Thank you for the answer, though ;)
Hi Jen, i started to read (and bought a lot of!!) fairytales (books!!) since watching your channels (and books)😂. I love most of them but i can't tell why. May i ask what is it that draws you into fairytales please?
I am forever fascinated by the tame fairy tales that children are told these days - how cautionary tales filled with gore and horror have mellowed and been romanticised, bottled and fed to children. I fell in love with Disney as most children did, but delving into the history as an adult provides an amazing insight into social history.
Please answer! I am looking for an Illustrated classic fairy tale treasury that is not dark or gory and that does not contain the nursery rhymes or fables that are meant for very young children. Like you, I am an adult who loves fairy tales and the beautiful full color illustrations that accompany them. I do not however enjoy the very young nor the very dark sides of fairy tails. I am having a lot of difficulty finding treasuries that encompass all of the above. Can you please recommend a few, thanks so much.
I am interested in the history of fairy tales and their darkness (which is what they were). I am not interested in the modern romanticism of fairy tales, so I'm not your girl!
Also wondering, for new fiction, do you prefer fairytale reimaginings or original fairytales? Or, at this point, is it even possible to write a truly "original" fairytale...? I'd love to hear your thoughts!
I prefer to study original fairy tales, and read stories inspired by them, rather than direct retellings (though those can be great, too! I think I've just read so many direct retellings that I'm after something a little different, these days).
I'm intrigued by how in fairy tales women generally get rescued and whiskey away by princes, but later, in Victorian literature a more common fantasy seems to be to get whisked away by a pirate or highwayman. I just wondered if you had any insights as to why this is. Or perhaps I'm just wrong in my generalisations.
Do the Brothers Grimm and Angela Carter’s Book of Fairy Tales have the same stories? I was wondering whether should I order them both or one is enough, do they have different stories?
I always wonder why there is so much more violence in the original versions of the fairy tales. Has our perception of violence changed and people only where more used to brutality then. Or have the kinds of violence changed. Do we react so sensibly because we are used to other kinds, like emotional violence. love to here some more thoughts x
That changed mainly during the Victorian times when childhood was seen, more than ever, as a state of innocence - I talk about that here ruclips.net/video/Qt1uKeDEa4M/видео.html but also you have to remember that old fairy tales weren't necessarily for children - often they were cautionary tales for teenagers, or stories told by adults for adults.
I love Mythology and fairy tales, and I would like to study them more.
I NEEEEED them ALL! Omg, I had sich a beautiful fairy tales collection as a child, there were like 10 books with over 1000 pages each and tales from all ober the world, with wonderful illustrations. I remember even having favourites! Although I am not sure how I managed to read some of them multiple times.. I think I should try and leaf through them again sometime when I am at my parents. Thank you for your inspiring videos, Jen!
Your fairytale video's make me greedy for all the books!
happy to help ;)
I just bought a collection of Andersen’s fairy tales and I'm so excited to read them all
Yes! Thanks for this video, Jen. It gives a great starting point!
This subject is great! Thank you so much for sharing with us all these information.
I JUST got the first two books you mentioned. I'm very exited to read them!
Wow Jen! I have so many videos to watch from your channel!
I have been away for a while and you post this beauty. My wishlist is enormous thanks to you, hehe.
Great as always.
Thank you Jen! I absolutely love these fairytale videos.
Thank you, and you're welcome! x
Awesome, definitely a few of these going on my wish list. And Celtic Tales is the PERFECT gift for a friend I have been wanting to send a "thank you" gift to, so thank you so much for those suggestions 👌😊
I love this video! I just received the Pullman book in the mail--ordered it because I saw it on your channel in a previous video. I can't wait to read it!
I hope you enjoy it :)
great video, thank you so much
Liking this for future reference. Marvelous job, thank you. I now crave after fairytale themed part to my bookshelves.
This is one of the best videos I've seen in a long time... Mainly because it's a theme I am so passionate about, but I don't see many people talk about. My wishlist on the theme just expanded!! Thank you for making this video!
You're welcome - all other fairy tale videos here: ruclips.net/p/PLlRIaAzTjWi7P2StmqI0MG8d_K3bo2BX3
I do not know if to be thankful of not. My first memory reading alone was a great selection of tales of the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Anderson, it was a beautiful edition that I adore. I read those tales I can't remember how many times. Now I want to buy if not all almost all your recommendations....
Just started reading "From the Beast to the Blonde" by Marina Warner. It's really interesting so far. Thank you so much for the recommendation (I think you mentioned it before in another video - I'm pretty sure... :-) )
As for my favorite fairy tale, well, for nostalgic reasons it would be The Beauty and the Beast; but there is another tale that I loved as a child, I don't think it is a "official" fairy tale... It's about a princess who gets captured by a dragon and when the prince turns up at the dragon's cave to "rescue" her, he is offended by her dirty hair and that she is wearing a dirty sack as a dress ( she lost her clothes when the dragon took her) and so she calls him an a****le and chooses to stay with the dragon. Always made me smile! :-D
I loved Grimms fairy tales as a child and also Hans Christian Anderson, thankyou for this review
Love this video..... now running to the bookstore :)
I loved this video. I've been interested in fairy tales for a while and you gave so many great recommendations. My birthday is coming up, so I know what I'll be asking for.
Happy Birthday :) x
Thank you so much for your helpful videos because I love fairy tales a lot they are my passion I love reading fairy tales and every thing even person also who is related to fairy tales are my favourite
Well, now I have to buy all of these - they all seem very interesting. Thank you for this!
you're welcome!
I have the Barnes & Noble leatherbound editions of the fairytales of the brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson. They're absolutely gorgeous, although I must admit they're a bit impractical to read ...
Indeed they are gorgeous - I just wish they were translations of the earlier work. x
The original tales always shocked me with how twisted they were. Well shocked, grimly (see what I did there) delighted me. Great selection of books. I need to check out more of the books about fairytales that's for sure.
:) xx
Favourite? Red Riding Hood! Followed by the others that take place in dark forests. Hansel & Gretel is my second favourite.
Thank you so much for this!!
I think my favourite might have to be The Red Shoes, I usually lean towards forests/snow and the LIKE as you do but that story always sticks in my head!
Also, I have no idea why 'like' appeared in CAPITALS there!!!
The Red Shoes is a great one; I'll be doing an episode of Fairy Tales with Jen on it soon x
I'm reading through Angela Carter's collection now, I think the Celtic Tales will be my next step, either that or one focusing just on Scotland.
Ah, I'd recommend The Invention of Angela Carter, too. I'm reading it at the moment and loving it. x
Omg I've been waiting for a source like this for 10 years! The first time I'd heard how fairy tales were brushed up in the 19th and 20th century I was around 15 I think, but I didn't have the resources to find originals (I'm Belgian so I was limited to Dutch books at the time). Right nog there are a bit more books about the originals of local stories but it's still not much. This is a lovely series, favorited and subscribed! ^^
^_^ happy to help x
I purchased the Grimms book you 1st video thanks to you. ☺ I haven't read it yet BUT I own it! 😊
I've read Gossip from the Forest thanks to your recommendation and found it very enjoyable.
[[Also, fun fact: Grimm's Law, a Germanic sound change, was named after Jacob Grimm when he described it in 1822.]]
I do love a good fun fact x
Thank you so much for this amazing video, I love your channel and I love fairytales too. I hope you'll make other videos about this topic! :)
I've made a lot of videos about fairy tales. You can find them all here: ruclips.net/p/PLlRIaAzTjWi7P2StmqI0MG8d_K3bo2BX3 x
Sorry, I've just subscribed to your channel :) Thank you again!
No need to apologise :) I hope you enjoy them x
along with Marina warner and Jack Zipes, Maria Tatar edits, translates and writes non fiction about fairytales and is a great resource. Right now I am reading Giambattista Basile's Tale of Tales which is fascinating in tracking how fairytales change. My favourite individual fairytales are The Robber Bridegroom, East of the Sun West of the Moon, The Two Caskets, and The Frog and the Lion Fairy.
Indeed - she wrote the introduction to The Turnip Princess shown in this video :) x
I read her non fiction book "The Hard Facts of the Brothers Grimm Fairytales" for my honours paper and found it really fascinating, and I've also just bought the compilation of beauty and the beast tales from around the world that she edited, which I'm excited to read.
Fantastic video!
Such a treat (and resource)! Can you say any more about the west African variety you discovered? Recommendations?
Oh my goodness! 😍 and now I just wanna buy them all. Thankyou for a lovely video. my curious to learn more about the pied piper of hamlin. (I'm sorry if I've spelt that wrong)
+Absinthia Venamortis I'm going to do a video on that at some point :)
Very interesting) you are so smart
Thanks for this video, I really want to pick up Fairy Tales :)
When I was in third grade, my teacher read several fairy tales to us. Some were by Hans Christian Andersen and others were by Henry Beston Shehan.
Fave fairy tale has to be Oscar Wilde's The Selfish Giant or Andersen's The Little Match Girl💕 I got myself a nice collection of fairy tales called The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (edited by Alison Lurie), which I found in a used bookstore, and in it I found another favorite: Prince Amilec by Tanith Lee. I so want to get my hands on The Irresistible Fairy Tales and also the Oxford edition of Charles Perrault fairy tales, just to finally read his stuff!
I have an old Puffin edition of Oscar Wilde's fairy tales. It's lovely. :)
I need to share this with you Jenn, I live in The Netherlands and we have one place that you would LOVE to visit! It's called the Efteling and it's the most magical, beautiful and authentic themepark there is.. If you ever meet the occasion to visit, do it. At least look it up :)
Thank you thank you thank you for this!
You're welcome! x
This video is definitely one of my favourites now! One question I've had for a while and thought you might now, what's the difference between folklore and fairy tales? Or are they interchangeable terms? Thanks so much for making this video!
The lines are blurred but generally folklore is superstition or a set of beliefs, gained via the tales themselves. So, for instance, a mermaid is a character of folklore, but a fairy tale would be an individual story about a mermaid.
Thank you for this new video Jen. I definitely need Jack Zipe's edition of the Brother's Grimm on my bookshelf! Have you ever read any books by Juliet Marillier? She is an Australian author who has written a number of interpretations of fairy tales and folklore. I really enjoyed her very first book "Daughter of the Forest" which is a retelling of The Six Swans. It's somewhat confronting in parts but I absolutely loved it! It is the first book in a trilogy but works well as a stand-alone novel. Would love to know if you have heard of it or read it?
I haven't - I'll look her up, thanks :) x
When I was eight I won a book of Russian fairytales and I read it from cover to cover. I dont remember whole stories just snippets and potentially something about a house with legs but I recall loving the stories. I must read them again plus it was a beautiful book. I will share a picture sometime.
Nope was wrong about the house with chicken legs but it does have The Frog Princess, Prince Ivan and the Firebird and Maria Marina.
I love half-remembered feelings of love for books from childhood ^_^
And you good madam just earned my sub!
can you do West African fairytales pleaseeeeeee
Such a great resource! Thanks! Do you have a video about what draws you to fairytales, or about your background regarding fairytales? Would love to know!
I am forever fascinated by the tame fairy tales that children are told these days - how cautionary tales filled with gore and horror have mellowed and been romanticised, bottled and fed to children. I fell in love with Disney as most children did, but delving into the history as an adult provides an amazing insight into social history.
Jen Campbell I agree, the historical insight is really interesting. I also find the similarities between tales told by/in different cultures to be very intriguing. I'm excited to check some of these suggestions out!
I've read the version of grim a that was done by Phillip Pullman and hadn't at the time realized they weren't the originals with a more modernized English, I'd been terribly disappointed by the lack of real gore so I will definitely keep my eye out for the original one. I've also read Angela carters book of fairy tales and loved the different tales from different continents. I also just finished the book of the sea which is a book meant for younger children with myths pertaining to the sea (obviously) from all around the world, which was well illustrated and written but I also liked the idea of a book not depending on continent or random but all with one do un theme, in this case the ocean.Recently I've been looking more into Russian mythology and fairy tales though I haven't gotten ahold of any books yet.I would love to know more about rumpulstiltskin (I know I've butchered that). I am a classics girl though so beauty and the beast, little mermaid and Milan are among my favorite Disney versions.I would recommend steampunk fairy tales, they are retelling but I loved each and every one with authors from all over the world. Not to mention a lovely cover.
Sorry for the long message. I was also wondering what editing software you use on your videos as I'm considering doing a booktube channel?
If you like The Book of the Sea, you'll probably love this: tinyurl.com/hfdqgm2
Finally! This is the video I needed in my life, thanks for a massive list of recommendations! The collections that I have read and love are the Andrew Lang fairy books, which I read a lot growing up. I love the variety of stories in them, it's just such a shame that my copies are my mum's old ones that are falling apart :( Did you ever read those?
Yes, and we sold a lot of them at the antiquarian bookshop I used to run. They've been republished, if you want editions that aren't falling apart: www.bookdepository.com/search?searchTerm=andrew+lang&search=Find+book
Jen Campbell Definitely! Some of the new editions look quite nice, I'll treat myself to some of those soon ^^ I also bought the Barnes and Noble selected Lang Fairy Tales but sadly it mostly has the better known ones.
yeah ! thank you for this 😉
You're welcome :)
I'd like to also recommend 'Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales" Translated by Jean Hersholt and published by "Baker & Taylor Publications" if nothing else then just because it's a really beautiful Hardcover edition. with a nice baby-blue cover with engraved illustrations on the back and front and the pages all have gold-leafed edges. it is probably the prettiest book I own.
Thank you :) I already have a two editions (somehow!) so probably not for me, but I hope this is helpful for other viewers x
there's no shame in having multiple editions of the same book. I have 2 different editions of Grimm Fairy Tales, 2 different editions of Aesop's Fables and like 20 different editions of collected Greek Myths. having different editions of translated Fairy Tales is great because no two translations are exactly the same so it's like discovering the same story for the first time over and over again.
Hey Jen! I was wondering if you follow the tv show Once Upon a Time? Also, I recently went to Amsterdam and stumbled upon a book market. I found a little book about folk tales and fairy tales from Belgium! Since I'm from there, you can imagine how excited I was to have found that little gem. I'll be reading it soon!
I couldn't get into that for some reason; I've tried, promise! And that book sounds like a find :) x
I've read lots of these tales but only 1 literary work: On Fairy Stories/Tolkien.
Could you do a vid on Russian tales: the ones about Baba Yaga the witch? Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves? Sinbad the Sailor? Aladdin and the genie? Something outside the central Euro tradition.
Hi Jen, I've just lost a morning to this series (happily, of course)! Have you read Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu? It's a sweet illustrated middle grade retelling of Snow White that I really enjoyed!
Also! Have you read anything by Kate Forsyth? She's an australian author whose work is all based on fairytales.
the best
You can always tell when someone is serious about a subject multiple copies of a work.
Indeed.
Mine is probably the little mermaid since it's original is so different from the Disney one and since Anderson was rumored (confirmed?) to be gay I always wondered how that could have been reflected in his writing
Most of them are so different to the Disney! x
Angela Carter's book seems like a perfect place to find one's own direction into fairytales. I've seen on your channel before of course, but sometimes you need to see something once again to really see it, you know ;) Also those Skye Alexander books look really great - the one on unicorns I just wish to read somewhere in public xD
On a simmiliar, but not exactly note, Jen, were you the one who goes to a witch shop from time to time? I find the history of witchcraft quite fascinating and I was wondering whether you had any recommendation in that area up ypur sleeve.
xx
I'm not sure if I've mentioned that - these books might be of interest www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=3254 and you could check out Treadwell's website www.treadwells-london.com/ x
You know you watch too much booktube, when you have to sneak to people and ask them if they said, what you think they did :)
Thank you for the answer, though ;)
Hi Jen, i started to read (and bought a lot of!!) fairytales (books!!) since watching your channels (and books)😂. I love most of them but i can't tell why. May i ask what is it that draws you into fairytales please?
I am forever fascinated by the tame fairy tales that children are told these days - how cautionary tales filled with gore and horror have mellowed and been romanticised, bottled and fed to children. I fell in love with Disney as most children did, but delving into the history as an adult provides an amazing insight into social history.
Please answer! I am looking for an Illustrated classic fairy tale treasury that is not dark or gory and that does not contain the nursery rhymes or fables that are meant for very young children. Like you, I am an adult who loves fairy tales and the beautiful full color illustrations that accompany them. I do not however enjoy the very young nor the very dark sides of fairy tails. I am having a lot of difficulty finding treasuries that encompass all of the above. Can you please recommend a few, thanks so much.
I am interested in the history of fairy tales and their darkness (which is what they were). I am not interested in the modern romanticism of fairy tales, so I'm not your girl!
Also wondering, for new fiction, do you prefer fairytale reimaginings or original fairytales? Or, at this point, is it even possible to write a truly "original" fairytale...? I'd love to hear your thoughts!
I prefer to study original fairy tales, and read stories inspired by them, rather than direct retellings (though those can be great, too! I think I've just read so many direct retellings that I'm after something a little different, these days).
I'm intrigued by how in fairy tales women generally get rescued and whiskey away by princes, but later, in Victorian literature a more common fantasy seems to be to get whisked away by a pirate or highwayman. I just wondered if you had any insights as to why this is. Or perhaps I'm just wrong in my generalisations.
Do the Brothers Grimm and Angela Carter’s Book of Fairy Tales have the same stories? I was wondering whether should I order them both or one is enough, do they have different stories?
They are very different.
I always wonder why there is so much more violence in the original versions of the fairy tales. Has our perception of violence changed and people only where more used to brutality then. Or have the kinds of violence changed. Do we react so sensibly because we are used to other kinds, like emotional violence. love to here some more thoughts x
That changed mainly during the Victorian times when childhood was seen, more than ever, as a state of innocence - I talk about that here ruclips.net/video/Qt1uKeDEa4M/видео.html but also you have to remember that old fairy tales weren't necessarily for children - often they were cautionary tales for teenagers, or stories told by adults for adults.
Jen Campbell Thank you Jen!
I'd love to find out more about the Red Riding Hood.
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Score!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much.
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nearly bought that last book and decided against it in the end
How about Adam Gidwitz? Just for giggles
This is a video talking about original tales, not new books inspired by them :)
Jen Campbell just wondering if you like him? I love you Jen!
American folk tales. Would like more info.
+Tracey Hart www.native-languages.org/legends.htm
I think you'd really like Women Who Run With The Wolves by Estes...