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mercourier's review
4.0
Old School Scandinavian folk tales. Paired with some of the original illustrations this edition is the one I remember from when I was kid.
epaulettes's review
4.0
Some of the weirdest fairy tales in the world were brought to evocative life by Kay Nielsen in the 1910s. His fantastically elongated style drawn in vivid colors not yet seen on the printed page was so indelible that his illustrations have become an essential component of any edition of these classic Scandanavian tales, even today. The stories themselves are classics for a reason, particularly The Widow's Son, The Three Princesses In The Blue Mountain, and the title tale, but I enjoyed this particular edition because it had a great forward on Nielsen's life & the commissioning of The East of the Sun..., and included restored, high-def detail shots of the illustrations.
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