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The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales

Angela Carter

First published 1992
Series Angela Carter's Fairy Tales #2
Publisher Virago
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Corinna Sargood
Pages xviii+233
Price £14.99
ISBN 1853814911

  • Carter died after completing the stories Introduction by Marina Warner Notes by Angela Carter and Shahrukh Husain
  • One WorldCat library record of the 1st US ed., hardcover, {{OCLC|27266661}} provides a complete list of Contents, with preliminary and appendix items as well as page numbers. Page-counts imply that the UK and US eds., hard- and softcover, are identical.
  • 6 groups of tales, unnumbered at {{OCLC|27266661}}: -- Strong Minds and Low Cunning -- Up to Something: black arts and dirty tricks -- Beautiful People -- Mothers and Daughters -- Married Women -- Useful Stories These headings and their contents (tales) match Parts 8 to 13 of the 2005 omnibus Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales (Contents viewed at Amazon as "Look Inside!" the 2015 Kindle ed., {{ASIN|B0176TC6LI}}).

1st ed.

For this ISBN as of 2017-05-25, Amazon UK shows identical cover image, gives date 1992-10-15

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 The Twelve Wild Ducks Peter Christen Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
10 Old Foster Isabel Gordon Carter Short Story
13 Šahin Ibrahim Muhawi & Sharif Kanaana Short Story
27 The Dog's Snout People C. Fillingham Coxwell Short Story
29 The Old Woman Against the Stream Peter Christen Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
32 The Letter Trick Melville J. Herskovits & Frances S. Herskovits Short Story
34 Rolando and Brunilde Alessandro Falassi Short Story
37 The Greenish Bird Americo Paredes Short Story
44 The Crafty Woman C. Fillingham Coxwell Short Story
49 Pretty Maid Ibronka Linda Degh Short Story
61 Enchanter and Enchantress C. Fillingham Coxwell Short Story
64 The Telltale Lilac Bush Ruth Ann Musick Short Story
65 Tatterhood Peter Christen Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
72 The Witchball Richard M. Dorson Short Story
74 The Werefox G. Willoughby-Meade Short Story
76 The Witches' Piper Linda Degh Short Story
78 Vasilissa the Fair C. Fillingham Coxwell Short Story
87 The Midwife and the Frog Linda Degh Short Story
95 Fair, Brown and Trembling Jeremiah Curtin Short Story
104 Diirawic and Her Incestous Brother Francis Mading Deng Short Story
118 The Mirror G. Willoughby-Meade Short Story
119 The Frog Maiden Maung Htin Aung Short Story
123 The Sleeping Prince Melville J. Herskovits & Frances S. Herskovits Short Story
126 The Orphan E. Singano & A. A. Roscoe Short Story
135 Achol and Her Wild Mother Francis Mading Deng Short Story
139 Tunjur, Tunjur Ibrahim Muhawi & Sharif Kanaana Short Story
144 The Little Old Woman with Five Cows C. Fillingham Coxwell Short Story
152 Achol and Her Adoptive Lioness-Mother Francis Mading Deng Short Story
159 Story of a Bird Woman C. Fillingham Coxwell Short Story
162 Father and Mother Both 'Fast' Richard M. Dorson Short Story
163 Reason to Beat Your Wife Hasan El-Shamy Short Story
165 The Three Lovers Juan B. Rael Short Story
167 The Seven Leavenings Ibrahim Muhawi & Sharif Kanaana Short Story
173 The Untrue Wife's Song Ralph S. Boggs Short Story
174 The Woman Who Married Her Son Ibrahim Muhawi & Sharif Kanaana Short Story
177 Duang and His Wild Wife Francis Mading Deng Short Story
184 A Stroke of Luck Linda Degh Short Story
186 The Beans in the Quart Jar Richard M. Dorson Short Story
191 A Fable of a Bird and Her Chicks Beatrice Silverman Weinreich Short Story
192 The Three Aunts Peter Christen Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe Short Story
196 Tale of an Old Woman Roger D. Abrahams Short Story
198 The Height of Purple Passion G. Legman Short Story
199 Salt, Sauce and Spice, Onion Leaves, Pepper and Drippings Roger D. Abrahams Short Story
202 Two Sisters and a Boa Lucien Miller Short Story
207 Spreading the Fingers Melville J. Herskovits & Frances S. Herskovits Short Story
210 Publisher's Note (The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales) uncredited Essay
211 Notes by Angela Carter and Shahrukh Husain Angela Carter & Shahrukh Husain Essay
233 About the Editor and Illustrator (The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales) uncredited Essay
ix Introduction (The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales) Marina Warner Essay
vii Acknowledgements (The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales) uncredited Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales Cover 1993 Virago Trade Paperback Anthology Corinna Sargood xvii+230
The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales 1996 Virago Trade Paperback Anthology Corinna Sargood xvii+231