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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Classics

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Classics

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism

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The Mabinogion

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism

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The Odyssey

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Aesop’s Fables

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Hrafnkel’s Saga and Other Icelandic Stories

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism

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Chaucer’s Legendary Good Women

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Fans of Doomed Love by Virgil will find 24 titles here, all united by Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Ancient & Classical, Literary Criticism. Authors represented include Apollonius of Rhodes, Stephen Fry, Diana Whaley, Homer, and others.