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fairy tale

Genre of magical story, usually originating in folklore. Typically in European fairy tales, a poor, brave, and resourceful hero or heroine goes through testing adventures to eventual good fortune.

The Germanic tales collected by the Grimm brothers have been retold in many variants. Charles Perrault's retellings include ‘Cinderella’ and ‘The Sleeping Beauty’. The form may also be adapted for more individual moral and literary purposes, as was done by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen.

Fairy Tale

Work by Leoš Janáček for cello and piano, inspired by the tale Czar Berendei by Vasili Zhukovski, first performed in Brno, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), on 13 March 1910, and revised about 1923.
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Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as "historical" in the children's library; for the time has come for a series of newer "wonder tales" in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
Once on a time I really imagined myself "an author of fairy tales," but now I am merely an editor or private secretary for a host of youngsters whose ideas I am requestsed to weave into the thread of my stories.
The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
It was the first time that Philip in his lonely life had been present in a family circle: his eyes smiled as they rested on the fair children engrossed in the fairy tale.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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