Faerie Literature



Warning to Parents: Many of these works are not considered appropriate for children by modern standards. As original folklore suggests fairies to be dark, elemental creatures of revenge and desire; the content of these literary works my include extreme violence, grotesque imagery, and sexual references. Please consider these facts if you are browsing with children.

Fairy Tales

The Brothers Grimm
Celtic Fairy Tales
 Iris, John Atkinson Grimshaw (1886, Detail)
Froud, Illustration Scottish Fairy Tales
  • Thomas the Rhymer
  • The Page-Boy and the Silver Goblet
  • The Elfin Knight
  • The Fairies of Merlin's Crag
  • Farquhar MacNeill
  • The Fairy and the Miller's Wife
  • The Fairy Boy of Leith
  • The Smith and the Fairies
  • The Scottish Brownie
  • The Brownie of Bodsbeck
  • The Bogle
Washington Irving Froud, Illustration
Froud, Illustration Hans Christian Andersen

Poetry
Froud, Illustration

Plays