First, "Andersen's Fairy Tales"
Andersen's fairy tales are a collection of fairy tales created by Danish writer Andersen, which consists of 166 stories. Distinguish between love and hate, enthusiastically praise the working people and praise their good and pure character; Ruthlessly expose and criticize the stupidity, incompetence, greed and cruelty of princes and nobles.
Among them, the famous stories are: Little Mermaid, Ugly Duckling, Little Match Girl, Thumbelina and so on. Andersen's fairy tales have been translated into 150 languages and published. His fairy tales also inspired a lot of movies, ballets, stage plays and movie animations.
In April 2020, it was listed in the Reading Guidance Catalogue for Primary and Secondary School Students (2020 Edition) of the Basic Education Curriculum and Textbook Development Center of the Ministry of Education.
Second, the complete works of Grimm's fairy tales.
Grimm's Fairy Tales is a German folk literature collected, arranged and processed by German linguists jacob green and william green. There are more than 200 stories in Grimm's fairy tales, most of which come from folk oral legends, among which Cinderella, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood and Frog Prince are more famous.
It is a classic of fairy tales in the world, and it has had a wide influence in the world since it came out. Brothers Grimm told the children magical and romantic fairy tales with their rich imagination and beautiful language. China and Japan also have stories based on Grimm's fairy tales.
Thirdly, Aesop's fables.
Aesop's Fables is said to be a collection of fables written by Aesop, an ancient Greek slave who was released in the 6th century BC. There are 357 stories about India, Arabia and Christianity.
Aesop's Fables contains more than 300 fables, most of which are related to animals. The stories told in the book are short and pithy, and the images portrayed are vivid and vivid. Every story contains philosophy, or exposes and criticizes social contradictions, or expresses understanding of life, or summarizes daily life experience.
This collection of fables shows the social relations at that time by describing the relations between animals, mainly the unequal relations between the oppressor and the oppressed. Fable writers condemned the oppression of people by society at that time and called on the bullied people to unite to fight against the wicked.
Aesop's Fables had a great influence on the creation of later European fables. It is not only a model of western fable literature, but also one of the most widely circulated classic works in the world.