The Origin of the Fays | 
My last post having been an anti-capitalist one, I have to admit that I made a rare purchase from Am@zon for this one 😞
Checking out bibliographic details of the book, I saw that they had a returned copy at a ridiculously low price and, as I definitely wouldn't have paid full price anywhere, I gave in to temptation! 🧚♂️🪄
Stableford edited a series of 18th century French contes de fées, which weirdly have overly-sexualised images of ⬇️
Bookwomble ... female fairies on the covers, presumably to appeal to a fanboy Sword and Sorcery market, and probably explaining why this was a return product as the contents are unlikely to deliver on the cover artist's promise. And, actually, there's something fittingly illusory about that, now I come to think of it. (edited) 4w
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