When Dover reprinted the Andrew Lang colored fairy books, my mother picked them all up. Thirteen volumes (including some from the Thousand and One Nights), most with gorgeous illustrations by HJ Ford... I think I memorized a fair number of them. From there, it led to re-tellings (the Windling/Datlow anthologies being favorites), criticism, and so on.
They've proved to be very dangerous in my life, I can tell you that. *grin*
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Date: 2009-04-09 08:36 pm (UTC)When Dover reprinted the Andrew Lang colored fairy books, my mother picked them all up. Thirteen volumes (including some from the Thousand and One Nights), most with gorgeous illustrations by HJ Ford... I think I memorized a fair number of them. From there, it led to re-tellings (the Windling/Datlow anthologies being favorites), criticism, and so on.
They've proved to be very dangerous in my life, I can tell you that. *grin*