{"product_id":"9780525435563","title":"The Big Book of Classic Fantasy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA FINALIST FOR THE 2020 WORLD FANTASY AWARD • Unearth the enchanting origins of fantasy fiction with a collection of tales as vast as the tallest tower and as mysterious as the dark depths of the forest. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fantasy stories have always been with us. They illuminate the odd and the uncanny, the wondrous and the fantastic: all the things we know are lurking just out of sight—on the other side of the looking-glass, beyond the music of the impossibly haunting violin, through the twisted trees of the ancient woods. Other worlds, talking animals, fairies, goblins, demons, tricksters, and mystics: these are the elements that populate a rich literary tradition that spans the globe. A work composed both of careful scholarship and fantastic fun, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Book of Classic Fantasy \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for anyone who’s never forgotten the stories that first inspired feelings of astonishment and wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e INCLUDING:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *Stories by pillars of the genre like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Mary Shelley, Christina Rossetti, L. Frank Baum, Robert E. Howard, and J. R. R. Tolkien\u003cbr\u003e *Fantastical offerings from literary giants including Edith Wharton, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Zora Neale Hurston, Vladimir Nabokov, Hermann Hesse, and W.E.B. Du Bois\u003cbr\u003e *Rare treasures from Asian, Eastern European, Scandinavian, and Native American traditions\u003cbr\u003e *New translations, including fourteen stories never before in English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PLUS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *Beautifully Bizarre Creatures! *Strange New Worlds Just Beyond the Garden Path!\u003cbr\u003e *Fairy Folk and Their Dark Mischief! *Seriously Be Careful—Do Not Trust Those Fairies!","brand":"Ann Vandermeer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45895116030164,"sku":"9780525435563","price":34.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_769504c3-2012-4eca-bf75-f67598cc0293.jpg?v=1732436771","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780525435563","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}