Old Hungarian Fairy Tales
Encyclopedia
Old Hungarian Fairy Tales was edited and translated from the Hungarian by Baroness Orczy
(creator of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel
series), in 1895.
Baroness Orczy
Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orczi was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian noble origin. She was most notable for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel...
(creator of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. The story is a precursor to the "disguised superhero" tales such as Zorro and Batman....
series), in 1895.
The illustrations in the book were provided by her husband, Montagu Barstow, who she married in 1894.
Stories include:
- Uletka and the White Lizard
- The Suitors of the Fire Fly
- The Twin Hunchbacks
- Mr Cuttlefish's Love Story
- Forget-me-not
- The Enchanted cat
- The Wishing Skin and
- That's Not True
External links
- The Baldwin Project Read the stories