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The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book

Angela Carter

First published 1990
Publisher Pantheon Books
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Zita Asbaghi
Pages xxiv+242
Price $22.95
ISBN 0394587642

1st US ed. (and first this title) Published for the 1990 Christmas season, from limited US newspaper evidence.

First published in Britain as "The Virago Book of Fairy Tales".

Searching by ISBN: 0394587642

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Sermerssuaq Lawrence Millman Short Story
4 The Search for Luck R. M. Dawkins Short Story
8 Mr Fox Joseph Jacobs Short Story
11 Kakuarshuk Lawrence Millman Short Story
13 The Promise Maung Htin Aung Short Story
16 Kate Crackernuts Joseph Jacobs Short Story
19 The Fisher-Girl and the Crab Verrier Elwin Short Story
24 Maol a Chliobain J. F. Campbell Short Story
28 The Wise Little Girl A. N. Afanas'ev Short Story
31 Blubber Boy Lawrence Millman Short Story
33 The Girl Who Stayed in the Fork of a Tree J. Torrend Short Story
39 The Princess in the Suit of Leather Inea Bushnaq Short Story
47 The Hare Jan Knappert Short Story
48 Mossycoat T. W. Thompson Short Story
57 Vasilisa the Priest's Daughter A. N. Afanas'ev Short Story
60 The Pupil Jan Knappert Short Story
61 The Rich Farmer's Wife Peter Christen Asbjörnsen & Jörgen Moe Short Story
64 Keep Your Secrets A. W. Cardinall Short Story
66 The Three Measures of Salt R. M. Dawkins Short Story
72 The Resourceful Wife Verrier Elwin Short Story
73 Aunt Kate's Goomer-Dust Vance Randolph Short Story
76 The Battle of the Birds J. F. Campbell Short Story
86 Parsley-Girl Angela Carter Short Story
89 Clever Gretel Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
92 The Furburger Ronald L. Baker Short Story
96 A Pottle o' Brains M. C. Balfour Short Story
101 Young Man in the Morning Richard M. Dorson Short Story
102 Now I Should Laugh, If I Were Not Dead Jón Arnason Short Story
104 The Three Sillies Charlotte S. Burne Short Story
108 The Boy Who Had Never Seen Women Richard M. Dorson Short Story
109 The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle Katharine M. Briggs Short Story
113 Tom Tit Tot Mrs. Walter-Thomas Short Story
118 The Husband Who Was to Mind the House Peter Asbjörnsen & Jörgen Moe Short Story
122 East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon Peter Asbjörnsen & Jörgen Moe Short Story
133 The Good Girl and the Ornery Girl Vance Randolph Short Story
135 The Armless Maiden A. N. Afanas'ev Short Story
142 The Chinese Princess Zainab Ghulam Abbas Short Story
149 The Cat-Witch Richard M. Dorson Short Story
151 The Baba Yaga A. N. Afanasief Short Story
155 Mrs. Number Three G. Willoughby-Meade Short Story
160 The Girl Who Banished Seven Youths Inea Bushnaq Short Story
166 The Market of the Dead Frances S. Herskovits & Melville J. Herskovits Short Story
170 The Woman Who Married Her Son's Wife Lawrence Millman Short Story
171 The Little Red Fish and the Clog of Gold Inea Bushnaq Short Story
178 The Wicked Stepmother A. W. Cardinall Short Story
181 Tuglik and Her Granddaughter Lawrence Millman Short Story
183 The Juniper Tree Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
192 Nourie Hadig Susie Hoogasian Villa Short Story
200 Beauty and Pock Face Wolfram Eberhard Short Story
205 Old Age Lawrence Millman Short Story
208 Little Red Riding Hood Charles Perrault Short Story
211 Feet Water Kevin Danaher Short Story
213 Wives Cure Boastfulness Frances S. Herskovits & Melville J. Herskovits Short Story
215 Tongue Meat Jan Knappert Short Story
216 The Woodcutter's Wealthy Sister Inea Bushnaq Short Story
221 Escaping, Slowly Martha Warren Beckwith Short Story
222 Nature's Way Susie Hoogasian Villa Short Story
225 The Two Women Who Found Freedom Lawrence Millman Short Story
227 How a Husband Weaned His Wife from Fairy Tales Aleksandr Afanas'ev Short Story
230 Notes (The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book) Angela Carter Essay
ix Introduction (The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book) Angela Carter Essay
vii Acknowledgements (The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book) Angela Carter Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book 1991 Pantheon Books Trade Paperback Anthology Zita Asbaghi xxiv+242
The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book Cover 1995 Pantheon Books Trade Paperback Anthology Zita Asbaghi xxii+242