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Five favourite fairy tales, part VII

By Chelsea Shriver on April 15, 2020

“Beauty and the Beast” (SPAM23774)

I hope everyone enjoyed a lovely weekend!

Even though the Rare Books and Special Collections reading room is currently closed, we’re excited to share through our blog the delightful results of a student assignment undertaken during the winter 2020 term for the English course “The Victorian Fairy Tale: Text and Image.”

For this assignment, Professor Pamela Dalziel asked her students to “choose five illustrated Victorian fairy tales available in Rare Books and Special Collections that you would like to have in your personal collection.” Some of Professor Dalziel’s students were kind enough to share their final selections with not only the team at RBSC, but also with the public through our blog.

From “The House of Joy” (PR10.S5 H6 1895)

So far we have sixteen assignments that students have been willing to share, some anonymously and some with author credit. Be sure to read all of the fairy tale assignments kindly shared by Professor Dalziel’s students.

We hope you enjoy these fairy tale selections and will perhaps be inspired to stop by RBSC to see some of the books for yourself once the RBSC reading room has reopened.

Five fairy tale selections, part VII:

  • Japanese fairy tales, beauty and beasts, ginger and pickles, four chirps, and water babies
  • Houses of joy, red riding hoods, Brothers Grimm, sleeping beauties, and pied pipers

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