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The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries
They are known as the Little People, the Beautiful Maidens, the Godmothers, the Blessed, the Ageless Ones...for it is dangerous to say the name "faeries" without good reason. Ruling over earth, air, fire, and water, they protect forests, animals, and children, and in their hands lie the dreamy souls of all creatures.The faeries rose from the mist long, long ago, in the tim...more
Hardcover, 184 pages
Published
April 1st 2000
by Simon & Schuster
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Une mine d'or d'émerveillement, de poésie et d'humour. Si vous voulez tout savoir sur les dryades, les sidhe, les fées Morgane, les dames rouges, les dames blanches, les fuath, les babouchka, les tempestaires, les Tante Arie & autres Wilda Berchta, etc., etc. précipitez-vous! Notre elficologue national nous rappelle à quel point notre folklore est riche. Je ne m'en lasse jamais. Périodiquement, j'y retourne, me perd dans ses pages, feuillette, rêvasse, aidé par les merveilleuses illustration...more
Freddy Krueger getting a paragraph was the last straw for me (page 45). This is a lousy book. It is one of those pathological fantasy "authorities" which redefines its subject to include many, many things which don't belong (e.g. deities and Asian monsters).
The artwork is fair but falls short of enchanting and is in most cases not so good as the cover art might lead a person to expect.
Lots of exposed breasts. How did the publishers think they could get away with putting offensive content in a bo...more
The artwork is fair but falls short of enchanting and is in most cases not so good as the cover art might lead a person to expect.
Lots of exposed breasts. How did the publishers think they could get away with putting offensive content in a bo...more
For a book calling itself an encyclopedia, this seemed to be short an index or two. And since the table of contents prides itself more on flowery descriptions, like "Old Shut-Eye" or "The Gianes," instead of plainly stated categories, like "The Sandman and Other Sleep Bringers" or "Benevolent Fairies," I found it impossible to find the types of faeries I was interested in reading about.
While initially disappointed in the art style, i quickly became engrossed in Dubois' flowery yet quintessentially fey descriptions. I bought it, reread it when the mood takes me, and gleefully look forward to leaving it in our son's or daughter's bedroom for them to explore. Would make great material for bedtime stories (elaborations)!
I thought the art in this book could have been better. It had a nice weight to it and the text was very good, but... I felt the artwork was too drivitive of earlier, Victorian style paintings of fairies. There is a fine line between being inspired by the work of earlier artists and copying and I feel that Dubois really walks it and sometimes falls over and into the side of the copiest.
On the otherhand, the art historian in me may perhaps be being a bit too picky. So I would have to say that perh...more
On the otherhand, the art historian in me may perhaps be being a bit too picky. So I would have to say that perh...more
Seen better, it is a nice kiddy book, but nothing more.
a thorough, beautifully illustrated book.
Beautiful!!!!
I have checked this out from my library a million times, but I don't think I have ever finished it.
It's not one of the best, but its still ok.
It's not one of the best, but its still ok.
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