Fairy Tale Title The Six Swans Fairy Tale Author (s)/Editor (s) Dinah Maria Mulock Fairy Tale Illustrator (s) Warwick Goble Common Tale Type The Maiden who Seeks Her Brothers Tale Classification ATU ...

Fairy Tale Title The Six Swans Fairy Tale Author (s)/Editor (s) Andrew Lang Fairy Tale Illustrator (s) Henry Justice Ford Common Tale Type The Maiden Who Seeks Her Brothers Tale Classification ATU 451 ...

The title story, "A Wild Swan," retells "The Six Swans" by the Brothers Grimm. An evil stepmother turns her 12 stepson princes into swans. It is up to the princess to reverse the curse.

“A Wild Swan” retells “The Six Swans” by the Brothers Grimm. An evil stepmother turns her 12 stepson princes into swans. It is up to the princess to reverse the curse.

Novelist Michael Cunningham’s story collection “A Wild Swan” takes the heroes of the brutal fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson and tips them off their pedestals.

Can you tell me about fairy tales that have inspired you over the years? Elizabeth Lim: The Wild Swans is definitely one of my favorites and was an inspiration for that reason.