English Fairy Tales

English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs is a collection of 43 traditional stories that recount the adventures of giants, witches, princes, princesses, and animals. These are real fairy tales and not watered down tales with a happy ending. Along with the classics like Jack the Giant Killer and Tom Thumb there are lesser-known tales full of real suspense, action, ghosts, magic, really wicked stepmothers, love lost, imps, and fairies. And no guns. English Fairy Tales provides the genuine effect, real anxiety and real relief at the point of resolution. You can never be sure that there will be a wedding at the end of any story. This book also has beautiful word-play and rhythm. Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. Jacobs wrote for journals and books on the subject of folklore and produced a popular series of fairy tales.