GRANDMA'S TREASURES THE CRIMSON FAIRY BOOK by Andrew Lang The Tales in this volume are intended for children, who will like, it is hoped, the old stories that have pleased so many generations.
GRANDMA'S TREASURES THE PINK FAIRY BOOK by Andrew Lang The Tales in this volume are intended for children, who will like, it is hoped, the old stories that have pleased so many generations.
GRANDMA'S TREASURES THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK by Andrew Lang The Tales in this volume are intended for children, who will like, it is hoped, the old stories that have pleased so many generations.
“Andrew Lang and his associates managed to break the stranglehold of the pious sentimentality handed out to children by collecting—from all over the world—fairy tales of all people, and bringing out the volumes we all know and love ...
Experience great adventures in the company of Kings and Queens, talking animals and magical creatures in the fourth stunning volume of Andrew Lang's coloured Fairy Tale books.
As acknowledged in the prefaces, although Lang himself made most of the selections, his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and telling of the actual stories. The Red Fairy Book is the second in the series.
In this book: The Brown Fairy Book The Lilac Fairy Book The Pink Fairy Book The Grey Fairy Book The Green Fairy Book The Olive Fairy Book
All in all, this collection contains 37 stories, all arranged in the clear, lively prose for which Lang was famous.
Prince Prigio is a literary and comic, fairy tale written by Andrew Lang in 1889. It draws in Lang's folklorist background for many tropes. Tales of Troy is a Adventure Novel written by Andrew Lang in 1889.
Not very long ago there lived a King, the fame of whose wisdom was spread far and wide.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had collected them originally (with the notable exception of Madame d'Aulnoy), made them an immensely influential collection, ...
Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had collected them originally (with the notable exception of Madame d'Aulnoy), made them an immensely influential collection, ...
Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 - 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology.
In the preface of the Lilac Fairy Book he credits his wife with translating and transcribing most of the stories in the collections.[4] Lang examined the origins of totemism in Social Origins (1903).
In the preface of the Lilac Fairy Book he credits his wife with translating and transcribing most of the stories in the collections.[4] Lang examined the origins of totemism in Social Origins (1903).
Lang examined the origins of totemism in Social Origins (1903). In this book: The Blue Fairy Book The Red Fairy Book The Arabian Nights Entertainments
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, totalling 437 tales in all, from a great number of countries and cultures. For many of these now famous stories it was their debut in the English language.
Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had collected them originally (with the notable exception of Madame d'Aulnoy), made them an immensely influential collection, ...
Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had collected them originally (with the notable exception of Madame d'Aulnoy), made them an immensely influential collection, ...