Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers by Nina Auerbach, U.C. Knoepflmacher elderly detailed work is characterised by

detailed work is characterised by a contemporary take on classic styles

rowdy field trips into the woods and meadows--expeditions with hundreds of students

relevant for both the child hearing the story and the adult reading it

ERIN and PHILIP STEAD are an award-winning picture book team

and love winter for its own sake

Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers by Nina Auerbach, U.C. Knoepflmacher elderly detailed work is characterised byIn many ways themselves restricted to the status of children, Victorian women were less inclined than the men of their time to idealize childhood and the children's stories they wrote often tended to be darker and wilder than those of their male counter parts. As the eleven brilliant stories collected here demonstrate, these fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct literary tradition, one startlingly subversive of the society that fostered