Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies

Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies
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Publisher : Pantheon
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780307760425
ISBN-13 : 0307760421
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Book Synopsis Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies by : Moss Roberts

Download or read book Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies written by Moss Roberts and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2011-09-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of tales opens up a magical world far from our customary haunts. Ghost stories, romances, fables, and heroic sagas: the forms are familiar, but the characters we meet surprise us at every turn. For those who know and love the tales of the Grimms and Andersen, the universal themes of fairy tale literature emerge in these classic stories, but with a sophistication that is uniquely Chinese and altogether entrancing. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library


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