These Scandinavian fairy tales have had many interpretations through the years, but never have they been so beautifully illustrated as in this sumptuous edition. Golden Age artist Kay Nielsen, a master of fantasy, lavished the text with 25 intricately detailed color and numerous black-and-white images that glow with his phantasmagorical style. With 15 stories that include the popular "Billy Goat's Gruff," this is one of the most stunning children's books ever produced.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Lilah Bowden
Format:Hardcover
This is an incredible book. It contains 16 very Norse feeling fairy tales of varying length, but no very well known ones (apart from a rather fabulous version of Billy Goats Gruff), which is exellent because, for me, they were pretty much all new and exiting.
The book was much bigger than I expected, measuring 18cm by 25cm, and is printed with quite large, widely spaced text on thick creamy paper.
The illustrations are utterly and compleatly stunning, with 25 colour plates and many black and white illustrations by the brilliant Kay Nielsen.
I would recommend anyone to buy it, especially for a child. I would probably have fainted with joy if I had been given this book when I was younger, and certainly now, at 17, I will treasure it for a long, long time.
The book was much bigger than I expected, measuring 18cm by 25cm, and is printed with quite large, widely spaced text on thick creamy paper.
The illustrations are utterly and compleatly stunning, with 25 colour plates and many black and white illustrations by the brilliant Kay Nielsen.
I would recommend anyone to buy it, especially for a child. I would probably have fainted with joy if I had been given this book when I was younger, and certainly now, at 17, I will treasure it for a long, long time.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By M. Lawton
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The previous reviewers have almost said it all. This book is absolutely sumptuous and you will undoubtedly want to treasure it forever. It's so good that it seems churlish to criticise but actually I'd have been happier if it had been printed on thinner paper - this stuff is as thick as a Cornflakes packet and consequently the pages don't lie flat.
The illustrations are first rate and there's a good selection of stories - a couple of which are quite inspired but the text written in 1920, in a deliberately antique style, is a little leaden. Girls are often referred to as 'lassies' which tends to make me think of a certain dog.
On balance I reckon this a book for grown ups more than kids. However all this is nit picking and I can't bring myself to give a book this beautiful only four stars.
The illustrations are first rate and there's a good selection of stories - a couple of which are quite inspired but the text written in 1920, in a deliberately antique style, is a little leaden. Girls are often referred to as 'lassies' which tends to make me think of a certain dog.
On balance I reckon this a book for grown ups more than kids. However all this is nit picking and I can't bring myself to give a book this beautiful only four stars.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am absolutely enchanted by this ravishing book. The illustrations alone are worth the cost. If you add on the clear, well-spaced printing and the simplicity of the story-telling, you have a book to treasure all your life.
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Artists don't buy this book....
If you have seen examples of Kay's illustrations this book will be a bitter disappointment ....they are small prints in black and white on a faint grey ground. Read more
Published 5 months ago by pinkartist
5.0 out of 5 stars
What a treat!!!
Worth every penny and more! Gorgeous book! Illustrations are wonderful. But the fairy tales themselves - so dark, so deep! LOVED THEM! Read more
Published 7 months ago by WRW-ER
5.0 out of 5 stars
A treasure - stunning
Bought this as a gift and want one for myself.
I haven't read it, obviously, but flicking through it looks like a collection of intriguing tales. Read more
I haven't read it, obviously, but flicking through it looks like a collection of intriguing tales. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Seraph
1.0 out of 5 stars
No pictures in the Kindle version
I know these stories well as I come from Scandinavia, and I only downloaded the book (it was free) so I could see the pictures and find out if I wanted to buy the book version. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Ms. C. Bratland
3.0 out of 5 stars
A little disappointing
Don't get me wrong - this is a lovely book of several unusual Norse fairy tales and is well-produced compared to many cheaply printed editions flogged in discount bookstores these... Read more
Published 21 months ago by ruskee
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great, but...
Overall, the build quality is high.
Though the mediocre quality of the colored illustrations (only) is surprising; the print here is too dark and doesn't give justice to... Read more
Though the mediocre quality of the colored illustrations (only) is surprising; the print here is too dark and doesn't give justice to... Read more
Published 23 months ago by tark
5.0 out of 5 stars
absolutley beautiful what a delight a perfect book
This is a gem of a book for all romantics and lovers of fairy tales to transport to a fabulous and dark world of Nordic myth
Illustrations by Kay Nielson are just too... Read more
Illustrations by Kay Nielson are just too... Read more
Published on 23 May 2010 by J. de Bastion
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