Old French Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Virginia Frances Ster... by Paul Clive

Fairy tales and folk tales were extremely popular with French women, who would gather in salons to share their own fairy tale writings and other topics, especially those considered inappropriate to discuss in the presence of a man. These include Old French Fairy Tales (1920), Tanglewood Tales (1921) and Arabian Nights (1928). Illustration by Virginia Frances Sterrett from Old French Fairy Tales, published 1910. She only completed three works in her lifetime, due to her early death from tuberculosis at the age of thirty-one.

Sterrett’s illustrations are delicate yet powerful, inspired by the tradition of Art Nouveaux with its light washes of colour and sinuous black lines. Sterrett was an American artist and illustrator – one of the most talented, though also most tragic, of the ‘Golden Age’ illustrators. Old French Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett by. Presented alongside the text, her illustrations further refine and elucidate Ségur’s masterful storytelling. The stories in Old French Fairy Tales are accompanied by the truly beautiful illustrations of Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900 – 1931). The anthology contains stories split into four categories: ‘Blondine, Bonne-Biche, and Beau-Minon’, ‘Good Little Henry’, ‘Princess Rosette’, ‘Little Gay Mouse’ and ‘Ourson’. Old French Fairy Tales is a collection of french folklore and fairytales, penned by Sophie Rostopchine, Countess of Ségur (1799 - 1874). Ségur was a French writer of Russian birth, best known today for her novel Les Malheurs de Sophie (Sophie’s misfortunes), intended for children. Old French Fairy Tales is a collection of french folklore and fairytales, penned by Sophie Rostopchine, Countess of Ségur (1799 – 1874).

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Old French Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Virginia Frances Ster... by Paul Clive