World Classics: The Wild Swans (Paperback)

from MrsLee

A book which was always at my grandmothers, the story is a lovely fairy tale of a sister's love for her brothers.

from AbigailAdams26

The Wild Swans, illustrated by Susan Jeffers. Originally published in 1838, Andersen's The Wild Swans - in which a beautiful and virtuous young princess must endure many hardships in order to restore her eleven brothers to their human form, after their wicked stepmother's curse transforms them in...

from Aridy

Here is a classic tale by Han Christian Anderson. Elisa must first find her 11 brothers who have been turned into swans, then make them human again with her bravery, perseverance, and strong belief.

from conuly

Like most fairy tales, there's a bit of weirdness in this one - most notably, the fact that the king just picked up a mute girl and married her. Like, did she consent to this? How could he know - she wasn't able to communicate with anybody! (If she had been able to, she would've been able to also...

from AbigailAdams26

The Wild Swans, illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert. Since the time I was a child, I have always had a deep and abiding love of folk and fairy-tales, and have taken great pleasure over the years, as both a reader and collector, in comparing the different artistic approaches used by various illustr...