Twenty-five years younger than Hans Christian Andersen but participating in the same zeitgeist, Petre Ispirescu (1830-1887) was born in a working class section of
1862 Ţăranul român / The Romanian Peasant, a journal
1872 Legende sau basmele românilor. Ghicitori şi proverburi / Tales of the Romanians, Riddles and Proverbs
1877 Isprăvile şi viaţa lui Mihai Viteazul / The Life and Works of Mihai Viteazul
1873-1874 Snoave sau poveşti populare / Romanian Anecdotes and Tales. Second edition, 1897.
1879 Din poveştile unchiaşului sfătos / Uncle Wisdom’s Tales from the Romanians
1880 Pilde sau ghicitori / Riddles or Parables.
1883 Basme, snoave şi glume / A Child’s Book of Fairy Tales, Stories and Jests
1885 Jucării şi jocuri de copii / Children's Toys and Games
1886 Poveşti morale / Moral Tales