Fairy Tales...

[fajrdrako]

From Lj's Fannish 5: What are your five favourite fairy tales?

My first thought was that I don't like any fairy tales, but that isn't true. Well... sort of true. Depends what you call a 'fairy tale'.

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. Well, it has fairies in it. I'm mad over Oberon.
   
   
2. A Midsummer Night's Dream by Neal Gaiman. Also has fairies in it. I'm mad over Auberon.
   
   
3. Beauty and the Beast - the Disney version.
   
   
4. Power of Three by Diana Wynne jones. Not fairies, not really, but ... little people. And magic.
   
   
5. The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde.

Comments

[gozer]

My computer was down for a solid week, so I'm only just now reaching back in my reading list and finding the posts that I missed early-on (which is why I'm commenting two weeks after you posted.

I love your list! Though I haven't read The Happy Prince, I'm going to make time to find and read it. Also: if you haven't seen the B&W French film from the 40s "La Belle et La Bete", I suggest you try it, I bet you'll love it much as you love the Disney version. I know a lot of people don't like subtitled movies, but given the short, simple, declarative sentences the director (Cocteau) had his characters speak in for a more fairy-tale feel, I suspect that even a subtitle-hater would enjoy this movie -- you really just go with the flow after a few minutes. It is the very first movie filmed in France after WW2.

[fajrdrako]

My computer was down for a solid week

Condolences! I'm glad it's okay now.

if you haven't seen the B&W French film from the 40s "La Belle et La Bete", I suggest you try it

Okay, I'll try to find it - my French is probably good enough for it, and I don't mind subtitles in the least.