Gathering together twenty-six of our most cherished fairy tales, including enduring classics like "Beauty and the Beast," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "The Little Mermaid," and "Bluebeard," Tatar expertly guides readers through the stories, exploring their historical origins, their cultural complexities, and their psychological effects. Offering new translations of the non-English stories of Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, or Charles Perrault, Tatar captures the rhythms of oral storytelling and, with an extraordinary collection of over 300 often rare, mostly full-color paintings and drawings by celebrated illustrators such as Gustave Dore, George Cruikshank, and Maxfield Parrish, she expands our literary and visual sensibilities.

1. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, "Little Red Riding Hood"
2. Charles Perrault, "Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper"
3. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, "Hansel and Gretel"
4. Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, "Beauty and the Beast"
5. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, "Snow White"
6. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, "Sleeping Beauty"
7. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, "Rapunzel"
8. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, "The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich"
9. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, "Rumpelstiltskin"
10. Joseph Jacobs, "Jack and the Beanstalk"
11. Charles Perrault, "Bluebeard"
12. Philipp Otto Runge, "The Juniper Tree"
13. Alexander Afanasev, "Vasilisa the Fair"
14. Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe, "East of the Sun and West of the Moon"
15. Joseph Jacobs, "Molly Whuppie" 201
16. Joseph Jacobs, "The Story of the Three Little Pigs"
17. Charles Perrault, "Donkeyskin"
18. Joseph Jacobs, "Kate Crackernuts"
19. Charles Perrault, "Master Cat, or Puss in Boots"
20. Anonymous, "The Story of the Three Bears"
21. Charles Perrault, "Tom Thumb"
22. Hans Christian Andersen, "The Emperor's New Clothes"
23. Hans Christian Andersen, "The Little Match Girl"
24. Hans Christian Andersen, "The Princess and the Pea"
25. Hans Christian Andersen, "The Ugly Duckling"
26. Hans Christian Andersen, "The Little Mermaid"

Biographies of Authors and Collectors
Alexander Afanasev
Hans Christian Andersen
Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Joseph Jacobs
Charles Perrault
Further Reading
Biographies of Illustrators
Ivan Bilibin
Edward Burne-Jones
Walter Crane
George Cruikshank
Gustave Dore
Edmund Dulac
Kay Nielsen
Maxfield Parrish
Arthur Rackham
Further Reading

Appendix 1. Charles Perrault, "Little Red Riding Hood"
Appendix 2. Robert Southey, "The Story of the Three Bears"
Appendix 3. Walter Crane's Illustrations
Appendix 4. George Cruikshank's Illustrations