Petre Ispirescu

Tinereţe fără bătrâneţe şi viaţă fără de moarte

There was once an emperor who had three lovely daughters whom he cherished but he had to leave them to fight an invading Army.

A Romanian Fairy Tale

The Enchanted Hog

Legende sau basmele românilor

& Other Tales

The Foundling Prince

John Whittemore Gowen

Augusta Genevieve Violette

Porter Gale Perrin

Thelma Louise Kellogg

Jacob Bernard Segall

Marjorie Eunice Gooch

Mental Attainments of College Students in Relation to Previous Training, Environment, and Heredity

Roumanian Folk Tales Retold from the Original

Four spellbinding fairy tales from 19th century Romania, translated into English and adapted for a contemporary audience. How do the king’s twelve daughters escape their locked bedroom every night? When the young suitors attempting to solve the mystery start to disappear, an intriguing puzzle takes on deadly stakes... Untangle The Mystery of the Dancing Shoes in this atmospheric fairy tale from 19th century Romania. Three additional Romanian fairy tales introduce you to a whole range of magical characters and exhilarating adventures. Petre Ispirescu was born in 1830 in Bucharest and grew up around Romanian fairy tales. He trained at a publishing house and later used his position to publish several collections of fairy tales. A few of these tales are still part of the literature curriculum in Romania to this day, and they are slowly but surely making their way into the rest of the world.

The Mystery of the Dancing Shoes and Other Romanian Fairy Tales

Four spellbinding fairy tales from 19th century Romania, translated into English and adapted for a contemporary audience. A girl disguises her gender to rescue her father’s kingdom from the clutches of a tyrannical invader. But while learning to pass as a man, she draws the attention of a young maiden of legendary beauty, and a whole new world starts opening up… Delight in the twists and turns of The Girl Who Would Be King, a transgender fairy tale originally told in 19th century Romania. Three additional Romanian fairy tales introduce you to a whole range of magical characters and exhilarating adventures. Petre Ispirescu was born in 1830 in Bucharest and grew up around Romanian fairy tales. He trained at a publishing house and later used his position to publish several collections of fairy tales. A few of these tales are still part of the literature curriculum in Romania to this day, and they are slowly but surely making their way into the rest of the world.

The Girl Who Would Be King and Other Romanian Fairy Tales

Opere

Four spellbinding fairy tales from 19th century Romania, translated into English and adapted for a contemporary audience. A baby refuses to come into the world until he is promised youth everlasting. But as the boy grows older and his father cannot keep his promise, the young man sets off on the quest of a lifetime… Follow the quest for Youth Everlasting in this thought-provoking fairy tale from 19th century Romania. Three additional Romanian fairy tales introduce you to a whole range of magical characters and exhilarating adventures. Petre Ispirescu was born in 1830 in Bucharest and grew up around Romanian fairy tales. He trained at a publishing house and later used his position to publish several collections of fairy tales. A few of these tales are still part of the literature curriculum in Romania to this day, and they are slowly but surely making their way into the rest of the world.

Youth Everlasting and Other Romanian Fairy Tales

A fost odată un împărat“... Opera marelui povestitor își păstrează și astăzi aceeași prospețime dintotdeauna şi îi încântă pe copii şi pe adulţi deopotrivă. Intră și tu într-o lume fascinantă, locuită de zmei, de balauri, de pajuri, de cai năzdrăvani, de păsări măiastre, de Strâmbă-Lemne, de Sfarmă-Piatră, de Feţi-Frumoşi, de fete de împăraţi cu plete de aur! * Privind la volumul de poveşti poporale ce mi-ai trimis la ţară, îmi pare că mă aflu în faţă cu o comoară pe care aş fi pierdut-o de mult şi am regăsit-o într-o zi de noroc...Drăgălaşe povestiri, care îmi îngânau somnul cu visuri încântătoare şi care au avut o fericită înrâurire asupra închipuirei mele de când sunt pe lume. Ele au contribuit a mă face poet! Vasile ALECSANDRI

Pasarea Maiastra

Please note - these are not "politically correct" tales. . In the Queen of Fairies (in the original, The Fairy of Fairies) as also in The Enchanted Prince, the plain-spoken expression has in several places been somewhat toned down. In all these cases the translator has cravenly yielded to the fear of bruising the delicate susceptibilities of civilized folks, who, while not exactly more moral, are certainly more squeamish than the artless old-world peasant. The book contains 7 original Romanian tales, as published in 1870s by Petre Ispirescu, as well as their English translation.

In English and Romanian

Romanian Folk Tales

Praslea cel voinic si merele de aur

A fost odată un împărat“... Opera marelui povestitor își păstrează și astăzi aceeași prospețime dintotdeauna şi îi încântă pe copii şi pe adulţi deopotrivă. Intră și tu într-o lume fascinantă, locuită de zmei,de balauri, de pajuri, de cai năzdrăvani, de păsări măiastre, de Strâmbă-Lemne, de Sfarmă-Piatră, de Feţi-Frumoşi, de fete de împăraţi cu plete de aur! * Privind la volumul de poveşti poporale ce mi-ai trimis la ţară, îmi pare că mă aflu în faţă cu o comoară pe care aş fi pierdut-o de mult şi am regăsit-o într-o zi de noroc... Drăgălaşe povestiri, care îmi îngânau som- nul cu visuri încântătoare şi care au avut o fericită înrâurire asupra închipuirei mele de când sunt pe lume. Ele au contribuit a mă face poet! Vasile ALECSANDRI

Petre Ispirescu

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