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Rachel Louise Lawrence

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British author who translates and adapts folklore and fairytales from original texts and puts them back into print, particularly the lesser-known British & Celtic variants.

Since writing her first story at the age of six, Rachel has never lost her love of writing and reading. A keen wildlife photographer and gardener, she is currently working on several writing projects.

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	The Little Mermaid: The Classic Danish Fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, Rachel Louise Lawrence (Goodreads Author) (Adapted By), M.R. James (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 30,492 ratings — published 1836 — 583 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nutcracker and Mouse King: The Timeless Christmas Fairytale by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Rachel Louise Lawrence (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 14,671 ratings — published 1816 — 912 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow White (First Edition): The Original Brothers Grimm Fairytale by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Rachel Louise Lawrence (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 4,727 ratings — published 1812 — 493 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hansel and Gretel (First Edition): The Original Brothers Grimm Fairytale by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Rachel Louise Lawrence (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 3,766 ratings — published 1812 — 563 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Undine, The Water Sprite: Spring (The Four Seasons, #2) by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Rachel Louise Lawrence (Goodreads Author) (Adapter), Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 2,827 ratings — published 1811 — 139 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cendrillon and the Glass Slipper: The French 'Cinderella' Fairytale by Charles Perrault, Rachel Louise Lawrence (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 1,181 ratings — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Beauty and the Beast: The Original Classic French Fairytale by Rachel Louise Lawrence (Goodreads Author) (Adapter), Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, James Robinson Planché (Translator) 3.68 avg rating — 725 ratings — published 1740 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Singing, Springing Lark (First Edition): The Brothers Grimm 'Beauty and the Beast' Fairytale by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Rachel Louise Lawrence (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1815 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irish Cinder Lad Tales: 'Billy Beg and His Bull' and 'The Bracket Bull' 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gypsy Tales: The John Sampson Collection 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The Princess Talia shall pierce her hand with a spindle and die of the wound.”
― Rachel Louise Lawrence, Talia, the Sleeping Beauty: A European Fairytale

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“Scarce had Aladdin’s mother begun to rub the Lamp when there appeared to her one of the Jinn, who said to her in a voice like thunder, “Say what you want of me. Here am I, your slave and the slave of whosoever holds the Lamp.”
― Antoine Galland, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp: A Classic Folktale from the ‘Arabian Nights’

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“Her name was Hildegardis, and she was acknowledged far and wide as the fairest of maidens.”
― Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Aslauga's Knight

tags: chivalry, knight, maiden, romance

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“The King’s daughter, the Princess Gemdelovely must be given to the Stoorworm.”
― Walter Traill Dennison, Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm: The Legendary Scottish ‘Dragon Slayer’ Folktale

tags: legend, orkney, scotland

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“Her godmother, who was a fairy, said, "You would like to go to the ball, is that not so?”
― Charles Perrault, Cendrillon and the Glass Slipper: The French 'Cinderella' Fairytale

tags: ball, cendrillon, cinderella, fairy, godmother

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“A great White Bear waits outside. He has faithfully promised to make us all rich if he can but have our youngest daughter.”
― Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North

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