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Charles Kingsley (18 19 ~ 1875) was an English writer and poet in the 9th century. He spent most of his childhood in a fishing village on the west coast of England. 1843 graduated with honors from Cambridge University. After graduation, he became a priest, participated in the Christian socialist reform movement, and later served as a professor of modern history at Cambridge University. He wrote many novels, exposing the cruel exploitation of workers by small British workshops. ?

The Water Child is a classic fairy tale written by Kingsley specially for children, and it is also a book for British children's teaching and research selected by Oxford University 1906. The story tells that in a big city in northern England, a chimney sweeper named Tom was abused by his master. Fortunately, the fairy saved him and turned him into a water boy. He met many aquatic animals and many aquatic children like him in the water. Later, under the guidance of the immortal, he helped the suffering master repent of his past evil deeds and grow into an upright and kind young man. In this fairy tale, the writer combines rich knowledge with strange fantasy. In his works, the description of nature is extremely true and vivid. In addition, the writer criticized the unreasonable education system at that time in his works. ?

Oscar Wilde (1850 ~ 1900) was born in Dublin, Ireland, and his father was a famous dentist. He studied hard since he was a child and got excellent grades. He studied classical works of ancient Greece at Oxford University in England and began his literary creation activities. Long before his fairy tales were known to the world, at the age of 24, his poems won a grand prize; In his short creative career (46 years old), his works are full of wisdom and interest. 1876, he traveled to Italy and Greece and was exposed to the ancient European culture. Later, when he moved to London, he often contacted celebrities in the British literary and art circles at that time and expressed his views on literature, which had a great influence on his later literary activities. However, the rapid development of his career and the formation of his style can be said to have originated from fairy tales. It was not until his first collection of fairy tales was published that people really regarded him as an influential writer. The British magazine Elegance compared him with Andersen, saying that The Selfish Giant is a "perfect work" and the whole collection of fairy tales is the crystallization of pure English. 1In May, 888, his first collection of fairy tales, Happy Prince and Others (including Happy Prince, Nightingale and Rose, Selfish Giant, Loyal Friends and Magic Rocket), was published. This book caused a sensation immediately, and its author became the center of attention. 189 1 12, another collection of his fairy tales came out-pomegranate house, which contains four fairy tales: Young King, Birthday of Little Princess, Fisherman and His Soul, and Xingzi. This book is not as popular as Wilde's first fairy tale. But gradually, especially after Wilde's death, it became a well-known story collection. 1895, Oscar Wilde was imprisoned for libel and was imprisoned for two years. After he was released from prison, he moved to France, feeling depressed and finally died in a small inn in Paris. His early death is a great regret in the world literary world.

The selfish giant is the shortest one in Wilde's fairy tales, but it is the most poetic one. On a beautiful spring day, the giant's garden is full of birds and flowers and beautiful scenery. But giants are selfish and don't allow children to play in the garden. As a result, spring didn't come, and it was always winter in the garden. The giant finally woke up and opened the door to welcome the children in. Children bring spring to the garden. When the giant died, he was covered with white flowers, as if a pure child were paying tribute to the giant who was no longer selfish.

Jay m Barry (1860— 1937) was born in a weaver's family in Scotland. 1882 graduated from Edinburgh University and worked as an editor. /kloc-moved to London in 0/885, worked as a news editor and began to write novels. Barry loved drama in his early years. 1897 successfully adapted his best-selling novel The Little Pastor into a script. Since then, most of his works have been plays. 1928, Barry was elected president of the British Writers Association. 1930, he was appointed honorary president of the University of Edinburgh. ?

The main content of Peter Pan is this: One night, Peter Pan came to Wendy's house, taught Wendy and her two brothers to fly in the air, and took them to the island of nothingness. As soon as they arrived on the island, they continued their adventure. They met Indians, pirates and mermaids ... because of the pirate hook, wars broke out constantly, and there was no calm day on the island. But despite the unfortunate events that happened later, Peter Pan always showed his talent and came up with clever plans to rescue his partner. ?

Allen Alexander Milne (1882 ~ 1956) is a famous British playwright, novelist, fairy tale writer and children's poet. Graduated from Cambridge University, England. Since 1906, I have worked in clumsy, an old British humor magazine, and wrote many humorous poems. He also adapted Graham's Wind in the Willows into a play The Toad in themoon, which is staged in England every Christmas. The main fairy tales in my life are Winnie the Pooh (1926) and the general education hut (1928). Children's poetry anthology When We Were Very Young (1924), We Are Six Years Old (1927) and so on. Light comedy "Mr. Pim has passed" and "Michael and Mary"; Children's drama "Illusion". In addition, there are detective novels such as The Secret of the Red House. ?

"The Adventure of Little Bear" is divided into two parts. It was originally written by the author for his son, Little Robin. The protagonist is a teddy bear of Little Robin. It looks a bit silly, but in fact, he is witty at the critical moment and can come up with good ideas to solve problems. The Adventures of Little Bear describes the life and communication between Little Bear and his friends in the forest, as well as various adventure activities such as hunting "prey", "Arctic" exploration and outwitting floods. The story is vivid and humorous, full of life. This book was published in 1926. Because of its success, by 1976, the book had been reprinted more than 70 times in Britain.

Comtesse De Segur (1799 ~ 1847) was a French writer of children's literature in the 19th century. She wrote many stories for her grandson. At the age of 56, she published her first work, New Fairy Tales. Later, she published Model Girls, Holidays, Memories of Donkeys, Two Fools, Sophie's Disaster, General Durakin, After the Storm and so on. Comtesse De Segur wrote 20 novels and fairy tales and 3 papers on children's education in 18 years. She is a pioneer of French children's novels. Her works are lively and sometimes humorous, and have been loved by children for many years. ?

The story of the little blonde girl is selected from the new fairy tale. It tells the story of a little blonde princess who was persecuted by her stepmother, strayed into an enchanted lilac forest and met a fairy who was turned into a deer and a cat by an evil god. Finally, the little girl saved herself and her friends with her courage and perseverance. ?