his book contains over forty of the best-loved fairy stories, retold by Flora Annie Steel, and beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Favourites such as Jack the Giant-killer, Jack and the Beansta
The story of Jack, the intrepid boy whose courage and ingenuity defeated a host of many-headed giants, has been told to children for hundreds of years. In 1842, when he was just 18, Richard Doyle, who
A different cast of Jacks from the usual?sometimes it's not the easiest name to have?Hearing the name Jack the Giant Killer is enough to send a chill down the spine of any Giant, so imagine what it's
The story of Jack, the intrepid little boy whose courage and ingenuity defeated a host of many-headed giants several times his size, is an English folk-tale that must have been told often in the Victo
European folklore studies have long neglected Cornwall’s historic legends. Yet Cornwall is the land of King Arthur, Jack the Giant Killer, and the tragic lovers Tristan and Iseult, and its folkt
《雨天的書》為周作人極著名、極具代表性的一本，《故鄉的野菜》《喝茶》等篇，歷來膾炙人口。全書文章多為飲茶吃酒之類的生活小事，有略微“憂鬱”的基調，其文字晶瑩剔透，迂徐平淡，從容不迫，韻味悠長雋永。但其中寬容的文藝批評觀，對人性的呼籲，仍然顯而易見。本版共計插圖四十一幅，內容多為書中所提及人物之圖片，書之書影、插圖，地方之景象等，如病室前的若子、《殺巨人的甲克》（Jack the Giant Killer）書影、《阿裡巴巴》（Ali Baba）插圖、《女神和恩底彌翁》（Diana and Endymion）油畫等，圖文並茂，為讀者閱讀更增加了便利。
From the founding editor of Everyman's Library comes this enthralling illustrated collection of 33 fairy tales. Favorite English characters such as Dick Whittington, Jack the Giant Killer, and King Ar
