Fairy tales
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Fairy tales
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Édouard René Lefèvre de Laboulaye (1811–1883) was a French writer, lawyer, and public figure. He was born in Paris and received a good education. In 1849, he became a professor at the Collège de France, a Parisian educational institution that offered students free courses of lectures but did not issue diplomas of higher education. There, Laboulaye taught law, while simultaneously doing research. In his scientific and journalistic articles, he covered the history of law and expressed his views on the necessary political structure of the state. Laboulaye was a devoted supporter of the idea of a free society. In 1865, after the end of the American Civil War, during a conversation with the sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, he proposed creating a monument commemorating the victory over slavery - the Statue of Liberty; today it is one of the main attractions of modern New York. Laboulaye sought to implement his political ideas in practice. In 1870, he was elected to the National Assembly of France, and later, in 1875, he became a senator for life. He was also the chairman of the French Anti-Slavery Society and the president of the Society of Political Economy. In addition to his political activities, Laboulaye was interested in poetry and literature. His poetry and prose works were well received by his contemporaries; they remain in demand among the reading public today. His collection of fairy tales based on folk stories is especially famous. It was translated into various languages of the world and reprinted many times. These texts are presented in this edition. Fifteen wonderful fairy tales will tell readers about unprecedented miracles, fantastic creatures and wonderful places. The tales of the collection are decorated with delightful illustrations by the talented English artist Arthur Augustus Dixon (1872-1959).
The future illustrator was born in London and showed extraordinary abilities in drawing from childhood. His first exhibitions of his paintings took place when Arthur was still a young man. At the age of twenty-four, he presented his works at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal Society of Arts. Dixon won public recognition and became famous far beyond his native London. His works illustrated numerous classics of world literature, such as Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Elizabeth Gaskell and Washington Irving. The drawings he created for Laboulaye's texts are distinguished by their unique style of execution, rich detail and correspond to the fairy-tale spirit of the narrative.
The future illustrator was born in London and showed extraordinary abilities in drawing from childhood. His first exhibitions of his paintings took place when Arthur was still a young man. At the age of twenty-four, he presented his works at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal Society of Arts. Dixon won public recognition and became famous far beyond his native London. His works illustrated numerous classics of world literature, such as Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Elizabeth Gaskell and Washington Irving. The drawings he created for Laboulaye's texts are distinguished by their unique style of execution, rich detail and correspond to the fairy-tale spirit of the narrative.
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