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It wasn't all musketeers, mysterious ladies, poisoned gloves, and palace intrigue... Sometimes, Alexandre Dumas stepped back from historic misadventures and wrote fairy tales - and a very good job he did of it too.
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"I have to say that I really enjoyed most of the stories; some of them were simple in the way they did not bring much emotion to the story. However "The Happy Prince" and "The Nightingale and the Rose" are brilliant pieces that ponder how fickle human emotion comes and goes. "
— Christopher (4 out of 5 stars)
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" Hardly a better story, but I prefer the tale of the Giant. Gets me to tear up every time! "
— Wayne, 5/19/2011 -
" Remember reading jataka tales long ago when you were a kid.This takes you exactly there.It sent me traveling down the road where the stories had a moral behind like -truth, honesty or hatred and always the good won over the evil.it ssent me back to when i was a kid.Splendid "
— Karthik, 5/3/2011 -
" I love this collection of fairly tales. They are beautifully written. Some are religious, and some are even funny. "
— Jodi, 4/25/2011 -
" Not just for the very young... tales you probably vaguely remember from childhood - heart-warming stories all. "
— Nat, 4/14/2011 -
" These stories are beautiful. In particular, The Happy Prince and The Nightingale & the Rose are generally the most poignant and, in my opinion, the best stories out of them. "
— Dom, 4/5/2011 -
" Short stories for children - though I would recommend for older children. May have to borrow someone's children to try one or two out on...would be interesting to see how today's children interpret these stories (I myself am still struggling with "The Nightingale and the Rose"). "
— Roxane, 3/27/2011 -
" Well, I wouldn't read them to a little kid because some of them have such depressing endings. But Wilde can write. "
— Cory, 1/9/2011
About Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870), French novelist and playwright, was one of the most famous and prolific French writers of the nineteenth century, producing some 250 books. He is best known for his historical novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, and he was among the first authors to fully exploit the possibilities of the serial novel. He is credited with revitalizing the historical novel in France. His riveting, fast-paced adventure tales that blend history and fiction have been adapted into nearly 200 films. His last unfinished last novel, The Last Cavalier, lost to historians for 125 years, was completed in 2005 and quickly became a best seller.