For the modern reader, this book is a unique opportunity to meet the favorite fairy-tale characters of our great-grandparents. Most of the fairy tales and legends included in the collection have not been republished in our country since the end of the last century. Almost a century of oblivion gives fairy tales a special charm and uniqueness. English, Arabic, Belgian, Hungarian, Egyptian, Indian, Icelandic, Spanish, Italian, Caucasian, Chinese, German, Turkish, Finnish, Swedish and original fairy tales were collected and processed by E. M. Chistyakova -Ver.