* The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (14th century)
* The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio (14th century)
* One Thousand and One Nights (also known as The Arabian Nights) (10th-13th centuries)
* The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser (16th century)
* The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales (19th century)
* The Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales (19th century)
* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900)
* Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865)
* The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894-1895)
* The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (1950-1956)
* Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (1997-2007)
These are just a few examples of the many works of literature that reflect fairy tales. Fairy tales have been told for centuries, and they continue to inspire new works of art and literature today.