Clever Gretchen and other forgotten folktales
by Alison Lurie
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Folktales about heroines, "fair maidens [who] can fight and hunt as well as any man, defeat giants, answer riddles, outwit the Devil, and rescue friends and relatives from all sorts of dangers and evil spells."
TalesFolkloreFolk literatureJuvenile literatureShort storiesChildren's fictionFolklore, juvenile literature