Villamaria 4 hr 46 min read

German legends and fairy tales, Barbarossa's dream, King Laurin, the dwarf of Venice, the Rhine gold, the friendship of the dwarfs, retold for young readers.

This 1877 English collection from the German of 'Villamaria' gathers richly illustrated tales of dwarfs, giants, sea-fairies, and Rhineland gold. Enchanting, atmospheric Victorian juvenile fantasy. Read it for a treasury of Germanic folklore and legend, brought over for the English nursery.

In its time

Published in 1877, during the 1870s, under the sea and around the moon.

Reading it

4 hr 46 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).