Swedish Fairy Tales (Library of Folklore) [Hardcover]

Baron G. Djurklou (Author), H. L. Braekstad (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1998 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Library of Folklore

A unique blend of enchantment, adventure, comedy and romance make this collection of Swedish fairy tales a treasury in any library. Originally published by Baron G Djurklou in the 1880s, the tales are written in the dialect of the Swedish peasantry. Hippocrene Books is pleased to bring this 1901 English translations of the Baron's stories back into print for today's readers. The translation retains the humorous and colloquial style of the original 18 stories, and opens up a world of magic talking animals, princesses and princes, trolls and witches endearing and mischievous of all ages.

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Baron G Djurklou

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 178 pages
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781807174
• ISBN-13: 978-0781807173
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,213,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars What is a Swedish genie like?, January 25, 1999

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This review is from: Swedish Fairy Tales (Library of Folklore) (Hardcover)

These tales were originally published by Baron Djurkou in the 1880's, but Hippocrene Books Inc. has chosen to republish this translation by H.L. Braekstad, which was first printed in 1901. We are entertained by stories like "Lars, My Lad." These words call a little Swedish genie to do the bidding of a duke who has Lars build him a palace and thereby wins the daughter of the king who lives nearby. We catch a rare glimpse of the genie himself and of the wagonloads of shoes he has worn out in service to the duke and others who have called him over the centuries. "St. Peter and the Two Women" gives the same wish to two women, but there couldn't possibly be more difference in the way the wish is carried out--one woman is lucky, the other unlucky. But a wisher does to a certain extent make her own luck, and in "The Old Woman and the Fish" the old woman's wish brings her bad luck indeed. In "The Valient Chanticleer" a cockerell born to a poor woman insists he will marry the king's daughter--and does, once she has wrung his neck and turned him into a handsome prince. A very learned king issues an edict: anyone so learned he could stump king and council can have his daughter and half the kingdom. A farmer's son uses his native intelligence and his gift for making up words to stump the king. Typically Swedish, these stories and the rest of the 18 stories in the book entertain us with their innate good sense.