Originally posted by bugen
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Of course there are others that I think everyone must read, everyone knows some version of King Arthur's tale, from Sir Thomas Malory and Lord Tennyson, to T.H. White, J.R.R. Tolkien and even John Steinbeck, to more modern adaptations from Jack Whyte or Stephen R. Lawhead, and it too is essential reading. When it comes to fairy tales there are so many options for different editors and translations, since most of them originate as folk tales, and the Grimm retelling of many of them are particularly enjoyable in an often dark twisted way, but so are Andrew Lang's. With that said there are a few who penned new stories, like the aforementioned George MacDonald, or Hans Christian Andersen and I truly appreciate their works too, maybe even more so.
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