The collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source the stories himself direct from the oral tradition he can make claim to the first English translation of many.First published in 1901, The Violet Fairy Bookis ...
First published in 1901, The Violet Fairy Bookis the 7th volume in this series.
The Black Fairy Book is a compilation of Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books.
Ten short stories about dragons are selected from several books of fairy tales by Andrew Lang. These tales are designed to be fascinating reading for young children.
We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public.
All of the stories branch from this tale in some way. A story is often interrupted by a character who insists on telling another tale, which leads into the following story.
These stories are set in the Islamic Golden Age and feature a mix of adventure, fantasy, and romance. They have had a profound influence on world literature and storytelling.
The Red True Story Book is the seventh in the series of Fairy Books by Andrew Lang.
The Red Fairy Book (1890) is a collection of fairy tales by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang.
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.
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral...
'I have been a lover of fairy stories since I learned to read, ' J.R.R. Tolkien stated. The Red Fairy Book was one of his favorites. Both the stories and the detailed pictures influenced the writing of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
The Red Fairy Book was the second of the series of Fairy Books by Andrew Lang.
Consciously or unconsciously, he came under their spell. More than 100 drawings adorned the pages of the original 1890 edition. This is a close replica of that edition, with every illustration and embellishment included.
Stories in this collection include: The Twelve Dancing Princesses; The Princess Mayblossom; The Death Of Koshchei The Deathless; The Black Thief And Knight Of The Glen; Princess Rosette; The Norka; Jack And The Beanstalk; Graciosa And ...
Stories in this collection include: The Twelve Dancing Princesses; The Princess Mayblossom; The Death Of Koshchei The Deathless; The Black Thief And Knight Of The Glen; Princess Rosette; The Norka; Jack And The Beanstalk; Graciosa And ...
Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book contains a collection of tales sourced from the French, Russian, Danish, and Romanian tales as well as Norse mythology.
The second in this popular series is The Red Fairy Book, which contains thirty-seven fairy tales, some of which appeared for the first time in English in the collection.
The Lilac Fairy Book is the last of Andrew Lang’s twelve Fairy Books, which were published between 1889 and 1910.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.