Recommendations based on The Complete Fairy Talesby Hans Christian Andersen

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  1. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

    by Jacob Grimm
    Classic collection of folktales and children's stories, exploring morality, adventure and magic.

    Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales, collects more than 200 tales set down by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early decades of the nineteenth century, among them some of the best-loved and most famous fairy ... (Barnes & Noble)

  2. Aesop's Fables

    by Aesop
    Collection of morals and lessons conveyed through a series of animal-based tales.

    The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who ... (Goodreads)

  3. The Arabian Nights

    by Anonymous
    Tales of adventure and imagination, featuring larger-than-life characters and magical creatures.

    This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multivolume translation, and includes ... (Goodreads)

  4. The Three Musketeers

    by Alexandre Dumas
    An adventurous tale of friendship, courage, and battle in 17th century France.

    In 1625 France, d'Artagnan leaves his family in Gascony and travels to Paris to join the Musketeers of the Guard . At a house in Meung-sur-Loire , an older man derides d'Artagnan's horse. Insulted, ... (Wikipedia)

  5. Perrault's Fairy Tales

    by Charles Perrault
    Collection of classic French fairy tales, exploring the power of imagination and morality.

    Here are the original eight stories from the 1697 volume, Contes de temps passé, by the great Charles Perrault (1628–1703) in a translation that retains the charming and unsentimental simplicity that ... (Goodreads)

  6. Peter Pan

    by J.M. Barrie
    A whimsical tale of a boy who refuses to grow up, exploring the wonders of Neverland.

    Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie Peter Pan, the mischievous boy who refuses to grow up, lands in the Darling's proper middle-class home to look for his shadow. He befriends Wendy, John and Michael and ... (Goodreads)

  7. Robinson Crusoe

    by Daniel Defoe
    A shipwrecked sailor's struggle to survive on an isolated island, and his eventual redemption.

    Crusoe (the family name corrupted from the German name "Kreutznaer") set sail from Kingston upon Hull on a sea voyage in August 1651, against the wishes of his parents, who wanted him to pursue a ... (Wikipedia)

  8. The Complete Stories and Poems

    by Edgar Allan Poe
    A collection of dark and mysterious stories and poems, exploring the depths of the human condition.

    This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary ... (Barnes & Noble)

  9. Oliver Twist

    by Charles Dickens
    An orphan's journey of survival and resilience in the face of poverty and injustice.

    Oliver Twist is born into a life of poverty and misfortune, raised in a workhouse in the fictional town of Mudfog , located 70 miles (110 km) north of London . , , , He is orphaned by his father's ... (Wikipedia)

  10. The Master and Margarita

    by Mikhail Bulgakov
    A fantastical, satirical examination of Soviet life, intersecting with the supernatural.

    The novel has two settings. The first is Moscow during the 1930s, where Satan appears at Patriarch's Ponds as Professor Woland . He is accompanied by Koroviev, a grotesquely-dressed valet; Behemoth , ... (Wikipedia)

  11. The Little Mermaid

    by Hans Christian Andersen
    A young mermaid's search for love and freedom, navigating the dangers of human life.

    The Little Mermaid lives in an underwater kingdom with her widowed father (the sea king or Mer-King ), and her five older sisters, each of whom had been born one year apart. When a mermaid turns ... (Wikipedia)

  12. A Midsummer Night's Dream

    by William Shakespeare
    Comedy of mistaken identities, love and dreams set in a mythical forest.

    The play consists of four interconnecting plots, connected by a celebration of the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and the Amazon queen, Hippolyta , which are set simultaneously in the woodland and ... (Wikipedia)

  13. Winnie-the-Pooh

    by A.A. Milne
    A whimsical tale of a bear and his friends, exploring the Hundred Acre Wood.

    The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey, Piglet meets a Heffalump, and Eeyore has a birthday. ... (Goodreads)

  14. Thumbelina

    by Hans Christian Andersen
    A tiny girl, no bigger than a thumb, goes on a journey to find her true home and love.

    A woman yearning for a child asks a witch for advice, and is presented with a barleycorn which she is told to go home and plant (in the first English translation of 1847 by Mary Howitt, the tale ... (Wikipedia)

  15. The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume II

    by Arthur Conan Doyle
    The second volume of the complete collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, featuring the famous detective's adventures and mysteries.

    The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume II, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general ... (Goodreads)

  16. The Last Unicorn

    by Peter S. Beagle
    A magical journey of a unicorn seeking to restore her lost kind.

    The story begins with a group of human hunters passing through a forest in search of game. After days of coming up empty-handed, they begin to believe they are passing through a Unicorn's forest, ... (Wikipedia)

  17. The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

    by Edgar Allan Poe
    A collection of dark and mysterious stories and verses, exploring the human psyche.

    The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe , by Edgar Allan Poe , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the ... (Barnes & Noble)

  18. The Iliad

    by Homer
    Epic tale of the Trojan War, depicting heroism and tragedy.

    Dating to the ninth century B.C., Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, ... (Goodreads)

  19. A Little Princess

    by Frances Hodgson Burnett
    A young girl's courageous spirit as she overcomes adversity and discovers a life of joy.

    Captain Richard Crewe, a wealthy English widower, has been raising his only child, Sara, in India where he is stationed with the British Army. Because the Indian climate is considered too harsh for ... (Wikipedia)

  20. The Importance of Being Earnest

    by Oscar Wilde
    A lighthearted comedy of manners, full of witty dialogue and satirizing Victorian society.

    Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements still delights readers more than a century after its 1895 publication and premiere performance. The ... (Goodreads)

  21. Faust, First Part

    by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    A timeless story of a man's struggle between the forces of good and evil.

    Goethe’s masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here indeed is a monumental ... (Goodreads)

  22. The Complete Works

    by William Shakespeare
    A comprehensive collection of works, containing plays, sonnets, and narrative poems.

    Tempest Two Gentlemen of Verona Merry Wives of Windsor Measure for Measure Comedy of Errors Much Ado About Nothing Love's Labour's Lost Midsummer Night's Dream Merchant of Venice As You Like It ... (Goodreads)

  23. The Brothers Karamazov

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky
    A philosophical exploration of morality, faith, and family dynamics among a group of brothers.

    The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich ... (Goodreads)

  24. The Wind in the Willows

    by Kenneth Grahame
    Animal characters embark on a series of adventures, learning important lessons along the way.

    With the arrival of spring and fine weather outside, the good-natured Mole loses patience with spring cleaning. He has fled his underground home, emerging to take in the air and ends up at the river, ... (Wikipedia)

  25. The Complete Fairy Tales

    by Oscar Wilde
    A collection of enchanting and whimsical fairy tales that explore the human condition through magical and fantastical elements.

    The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde includes the two definitive story collections The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891). This volume collects exquisite and ... (Goodreads)

  26. Bambi

    by Felix Salten
    A beloved tale of a young deer's journey from innocence to understanding the circle of life.

    Bambi is a roe deer fawn born in a thicket in late spring one year. Over the course of the summer, his mother teaches him about the various inhabitants of the forest and the ways deer live. When she ... (Wikipedia)

  27. Antigone

    by Jean Anouilh
    Tragic story of a woman's courage to defy the law in pursuit of justice.

    Antigone was originally produced in Paris in 1942, when France was an occupied nation and part of Hitler's Europe. The play depicts an authoritarian regime and the play's central character, the young ... (Goodreads)

  28. The Snow Queen

    by Hans Christian Andersen
    A courageous young girl embarks on a journey to rescue a friend from the clutches of an evil queen.

    Reprinted here for the first time since the 19th century, these color illustrations by T. Pym make the classic Andersen fairy tale even more magical. One of Andersen's best-beloved tales, The Snow ... (Goodreads)

  29. The Canterbury Tales

    by Geoffrey Chaucer
    A collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on a journey to Canterbury.

    The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval tapestry. The Knight, the Miller, the Friar, the Squire, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, and others ... (Goodreads)