a fairy-tale ending

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• Fairy tale — For a comparison of fairy tale with other kinds of stories, such as myths, legends and fables, see Traditional stories. For other uses, see Fairy tale (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Fairy Tail …   Wikipedia

• fairy-tale — adj. Fairy tale is used with these nouns: ↑castle, ↑ending, ↑romance …   Collocations dictionary

• fairy tale — noun Date: 1749 1. a. a story (as for children) involving fantastic forces and beings (as fairies, wizards, and goblins) called also fairy story b. a story in which improbable events lead to a happy ending 2. a made up story usually designed to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• The Shadow (fairy tale) — Infobox Book | name = The Shadow title orig = Danish: Skyggen translator = image caption = Vilhelm Pedersen illustration author = Hans Christian Andersen country = Denmark language = Danish series = genre = Fairy tale published in = publication… …   Wikipedia

• ending — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ happy ▪ sad, tragic, unhappy ▪ bad, good ▪ dramatic ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Fairy painting — is a genre of painting and illustration featuring fairies and fairy tale settings, often with extreme attention to detail. The genre is most closely associated with the Victorian era in Great Britain, but has experienced a contemporary revival.… …   Wikipedia

• fair|y-tale — fairy tale, 1. a story about fairies, pixies, elves, or other beings with magic powers. 2. Informal, Figurative. something said that is not true; falsehood; lie. fair|y tale «FAIR ee TAYL», adjective. out of or as if out of a fairy tale: »a fairy …   Useful english dictionary

• Tale of Woe and Misfortune — infobox Book | name = The Tale of Woe and Misfortune ( [ Tale of ] Woe Misfortune , Woe and Ill Fortune , Misery Luckless Plight ) title orig = Повесть о Горе Злочастии translator = Serge Zenkovsky image caption = author = Anonymous illustrator …   Wikipedia

• Happy ending — A happy ending is an ending of the plot of a work of fiction in which almost everything turns out for the best for the hero or heroine, their sidekicks, and almost everyone except the villains. In storylines where the protagonists are in physical …   Wikipedia

• Tale of the doomed prince — The Tale of the Doomed Prince is an ancient Egyptian story, dating to the 18th Dynasty, written in hieratic text, which survived partially on the verso of Papyrus Harris 500 currently housed in the British Museum. The papyrus was burned in an… …   Wikipedia

• On Fairy-Stories — is an essay by J. R. R. Tolkien which discusses the fairy story as a literary form. It was initially written for presentation by Tolkien as the Andrew Lang lecture at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, in 1939. It first appeared in print,… …   Wikipedia