How does the same story come to be known as “Beauty and the Beast” in the U.S. and “The Fairy Serpent” in China ... they realized that many were similar to stories told in distant parts ...

Adult fairy tale epic by famed director Guillermo del Toro. In 1944, a young girl moves in with her stepfather. Here she meets a fairy and a faun, who inform her she is a princess.

The imagined worlds of fairy tales offer not only entertainment for children but also reflections on contemporary times. Polish writers such as Henryk Sienkiewicz, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Bolesław Prus, and ...