Joseph Jacobs Quotes

The words 'fairy tales' must accordingly be taken to include tales in which occurs something 'fairy,' something extraordinary - fairies, giants, dwarfs, speaking animals.

Joseph Jacobs

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• The words 'fairy tales' must accordingly be taken to include tales in which occurs something 'fairy,' something extraordinary - fairies, giants, dwarfs, speaking animals.

  

  Joseph Jacobs
  • Words
  • Extraordinary
  • Fairy