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22 December 2014updated 25 Aug 2015 7:32am

Rowan Williams: why we need fairy tales now more than ever

Fairy tales are capable of depicting the hardest challenges we face as human beings.

By Rowan Williams

(Photo By SofA-a Oria in â?oBlancanievesâ??, a 2012 Spanish film based on "Snow White" by the Brothers Grimm.)

Once Upon a Time: a Short History of Fairy Tale
Marina Warner
Oxford University Press, 232pp, £10.99

The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Translated by Jack Zipes
Princeton University Press, 555pp, £24.95

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