- Tatar, Maria. 1999. The Classic Fairy Tales: Texts, Criticism. New York: W.W. Norton.
- Warner, Marina. 2014. Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale. (Recommended)
- Zipes, Jack, and Richard Francis Burton. 2007. The Arabian Nights. Vol. 1, Signet Classics (Recommended)
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