The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book

About this book

A wolf waits beside a woodland path, a giant bends over a tiny traveller, and a princess moves through a kingdom that feels half remembered. Arthur Rackham could make even familiar stories look unsettling.

This fairy-tale collection brings classic narratives together with illustrations shaped by Rackham's extraordinary eye for twisted branches, expressive faces and small, half-hidden details. His pictures give the tales a visual world of their own, often funny and ominous at once. Rackham’s visual details give familiar tales fresh moments of surprise.

Maastricht University Library, MU KPB 011. https://digitalcollections.library.maastrichtuniversity.nl/s/index/item/2377 · CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/