East of the sun and west of the moon : old tales from the North

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First published in 1914, East of the Sun and West of the Moon is a celebrated collection of fifteen fairy tales, gathered by legendary Norwegian folklorists Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Engebretsen Moe on their journeys across Norway in the mid-nineteenth century. This illustrated edition of Asbjornsen and Moe's tales is considered a jewel of early 20th-century children's literature, highly sought-after by art and book collectors worldwid...

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Fairy tales Norway

Nielsen, Kay Rasmus, 1886-1957

Norway Folklore

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ISBN:

9783836532297
3836532298

Description:

167 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 30 cm

Notes:

"This reprint is based on the first trade edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1914" --Page 166
"The fifteen tales in this reprint are replications of those that appeared in the original 1914 East of the sun and west of the moon with minor corrections and updates. Thirteen come from the first English translation of the Norwegian tales, Popular tales from the Norse from 1859 by Sir George Webbe Dasent. Two additional tales, not translated by Dasent, were added: "Prince Lindworm" (a Danish folktale collected by Danish historian Svend Grundtvig in 1855 and translated into English in 1914 by an unknown translator) and "The three princesses in the blue mountain" (by Asbjørnsen and Moe, translated by H.L. Brækstad, and published in 1897 by publisher David Nutt)."--Page 166
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Translated from the Norwegian

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1659855

Other Authors:

Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885, compiler, editor
Daniel, Noel, editor
Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896, translator
Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen, 1813-1882, compiler, editor
Nielsen, Kay Rasmus, 1886-1957, illustrator

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