Download or read book Tales, Then and Now written by Anna E. Altmann and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2001-10-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive compilation of reworkings of classic folk and fairy tales. The nature of folktales and their surrounding cultural contexts are examined; each story is accompanied by tale type numbers, motifs, lists of reworkings by genre, and auhor interpretation.