The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Vintage)Classic · Nonfiction, Psychology, Fairy Tales
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Vintage)
1975 · 328 pages · Nonfiction
32
Classic
★ 3.83 on Goodreads · 6K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1977). 3.83★ from 6K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
32Must-Read Score
- Critics51 out of 100 · counts 35%+21
- Readers20 out of 100 · counts 50%+11
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #85 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #270 of the 296 classics we rank
- #1076 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1977)
Reads as
Thought-provoking
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