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Classic Fairy Tales & Folklore (Free)

The original tales — Grimm, Andersen, Perrault, Andrew Lang's coloured Fairy Books and folklore from around the world — before the retellings and the cartoons.

This list collects 1,890 books tagged Fairy Tales & Folklore by 1,008 authors, published between 1469 and 2006. 1,503 are free to read and 610 have a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.

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A fairy tale is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. In most cultures, there is no clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tale; all these together form the literature of preliterate societies. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends and explicit moral tales, including beast fables. Prevalent elements include dragons, dwarfs, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, merfolk, monsters, monarchy, pixies, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, witches, wizards, woodwoses, magic, and enchantments.

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What are the most popular Fairy Tales & Folklore books?

By reader shelving on Open Library and downloads, the most popular include Dracula (1897), Little Women (1848), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1899), Gulliver's Travels (1726) and Through the Looking-Glass (1865).