In this version of Rapunzel, the heroine breaks the enchantment put on her by the ogress who keeps her prisoner with the aid of three acorns.

A rollicking, bawdy collection of 50 fairy tales told by 10 storytellers over five days follows the compilation efforts of 17th-century Italian poet Giambattist

In an unusual combination of reflection, autobiography, theory, and criticism, Cristina Mazzoni looks at childbirth and early maternity from the perspective of

When Zoë, the 13-year-old orphaned granddaughter of a witch, finds a shape-changing, soul-eating, death-defying, insect-like thingie inside a mysterious jar, s

Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.