Tag Archives: Juvenile fiction

Mysteries in the Stacks; or, The Allan P. Kirby Jr. Collection

Posted on October 19, 2020 by burnslibrary

Dime novels were hastily written, formulaic and sensational stories marketed to teenage boys. Examples of the genre held in Burns Library are the related “nickel weeklies.” Popular subjects include detectives, pirates, inventors, and heroes of American history. Publishers employed an … Continue reading →

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Cinderella: Big Tale, Little Misses

Posted on November 4, 2013 by burnslibrary

Transcending space and time, Charles Perrault’s Cinderella has withstood countless transformations to become the most widely recognized fairy tale of all time. Stemming from an original, albeit much more violent, telling of the story of Cinderella by Giambattista Basile of … Continue reading →

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