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The Swedish Fairy Book
Frederick H.Martens Clara Stroebe
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The Swedish Fairy Book
Frederick H.Martens Clara Stroebe
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Amazing Stories of Norwegian Fairies. These Norwegian tales of
elemental mountain, forest and sea spirits, handed down by hinds
and huntsmen, woodchoppers and fisherfolk, men who led a hard and
lonely life amid primitive surroundings are, perhaps, among the
most fascinating the Scandinavian countries have to offer. Nor are
they only meant to delight the child, though this they cannot fail
to do. "Grown-ups" also, who take pleasure in a good story, well
told, will enjoy the original "Peer Gynt" legend, as it existed
before Ibsen gave it more symbolic meanings; and that glowing,
beautiful picture of an Avalon of the Northern seas shown in "The
Island of Udrost." What could be more human and moving than the
tragic "The Player on the Jew's-Harp," or more genuinely
entertaining than "The King's Hares"? "The Master-Girl" is a
Candida of fairy-land, and the thrill and glamor of black magic and
mystery run through such stories as "The Secret Church," "The
Comrade," and "Lucky Andrew." In "The Honest Four-Shilling Piece"
we have the adventures of a Norse Dick Whittington. "Storm Magic"
is one of the most thrilling sea tales, bar none, ever written, and
every story included in the volume seems to bring with it the
breath of the Norse mountains or the tang of the spindrift on
Northern seas. Much of the charm of the stories lies in the
directness and simplicity of their telling; and this quality, which
adds so much to their appeal, the translator has endeavored to
preserve in its integrity. He cannot but feel that "The Norwegian
Fairy Book" has an appeal for one and all, since it is a book in
which the mirror of fairy-tale reflects human yearnings and
aspirations, human loves, ambitions and disillusionments, in an
imaginatively glamored, yet not distorted form. It is his hope and
belief that those who may come to know it will derive as much
pleasure from its reading as it gave him to put it into English.
The following volume of Swedish fairy-tales represents a careful
choice, after the best original sources, of those examples of their
kind which not only appeared most colorful and entertaining, but
also most racially Swedish in their flavor. For the fairy-tales of
each of the three Scandinavian countries, Sweden, Denmark and
Norway, have a distinct local color of their own. The wealth of
material available has made it possible to give due representation
to most types of fairy-tales, from the stories of older origin, the
tales of giant, troll, and werewolf, to such delightful tales as
"Lasse, My Thrall," and "The Princess and the Glass Mountain,"
colored with the rich and ornate stylistic garb of medieval
chivalric poesy. There has been no attempt to "rewrite" these
charming folk-and fairy-tales in the translation. They have been
faithfully narrated in the simple, naive manner which their
traditional rendering demands. And this is one reason, perhaps, why
they should appeal to young American readers for young America by
instinct takes kindly to that which is straightforward and sincere,
in the realm of fairy-tale as in life itself.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to
protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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