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Andersen's Fairy Tales: A Beginning

What Happened to the CouncillorA Beginning Every author has some peculiarity in his descriptions or in his style of writing. Those who do not like him, magnify it, shrug up their shoulders…

Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Bell

The ElderbushThe Old HouseThe Bell People said "The Evening Bell is sounding, the sun is setting." For a strange wondrous tone was heard in the narrow streets of a large town. It was like…

Classical Mythology: Tales Of The Titanic

Tales Of The TitanicClassical MythologyTales Of The TitanicA Titanic StruggleClash of the Titans No doubt about it, the Creation, was a monumental feat. One might have thought that Gaia, Mother…

Andersen's Fairy Tales: Contents

Contents The Emperor's New Clothes The Swineherd The Real Princess The Shoes of Fortune The Fir Tree The Snow Queen The Leap-Frog The Elderbush The Bell The Old House The Happy Family The…

Brewer's: Nonne Prestes Tale

A thrifty widow had a cock, “hight Chaunteclere,” who had his harem; but “damysel Pertilote” was his favourite, who perched beside him at night. Chaunteclere once dreamt that he saw a fox…

Brewer's: Doctour of Phisikes Tale

in Chaucer, is the Roman story of Virginius, given by Livy. There is a version of this tale in the Roman de la Rose, vol. ii. p. 74; and another, by Gower, in his Confessio Amantis, book…

Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires

Author:Anne RicePublisher:Knopf Rice resurrects her more writerly self with her first vampire tale since 1995's Tale of the Body Thief. Pandora, a ravishing 2,000-year-old bloodsucker, is…

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

Director:Mira NairWriters: Helena Kriel and Mira NairDirector of Photography:Declan QuinnEditor:Kristina BodenMusic:Mychael DannaProduction Designer:Mark FriedbergProducers:Mira Nair and…

Fairy Tale: A True Story

Director: Charles SturridgeWriter: Ernie ContrerasDirector of Photography:Michael CoulterEditor:Peter CoulsonMusic:Zbigniew PreisnerProduction Designer:Michael HowellsProducers:Wendy Finerman…

Babel

(Encyclopedia) BabelBabelbāˈbəl [key] [Heb.,=confused], in the Bible, place where Noah's descendants (who spoke one language) tried to build a tower reaching up to heaven to make a name for…