He earned special praise for his 12-volume collection of fairy tales, the first volume of which was The Blue Fairy Book (1889) and the last The Lilac Fairy Book (1910).
Once upon a time there lived a king who was deeply in love with a princess, but she could not marry anyone, because she was under an enchantment.
Superbly illustrated by H. J. Ford, Lang draws masterfully upon his classical training to bring to life some of the central stories of Greek mythology.
Included in this text are the titles, The Boyhood and Parents of Ulysses, How People Lived in the Time of Ulysses, The Wooing of Helen of the Fair Hands, The Stealing of Helen and many others. Trojan Victories Battle at the Ships
THE TALES in this volume are intended for children, who will like, it is hoped, the old stories that have pleased so many generations.
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This book is fully illustrated and annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.
The Grey Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries - Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world.
The Grey Fairy Book includes many strange, exotic stories from Lithuania, Africa, Germany, Greece and France. But they are all told in the common language of the fairy tale, and their events will be familiar to children and grown-ups alike.
The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries-Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world.
Andrew Lang's 12 Coloured Fairy Books are some of his best known works. In The Grey Fairy Book, the sixth in the series, Land includes thirty-five stories, many from oral traditions, and others from French, German and Italian collections.
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The goat-faced girl, Prunella, the three sons of Hali, giants and dwarfs, monsters and magicians, fairies and ogres-these are the companions who thrill boys and girls of all lands and all times, as Andrew Lang's phenomenally successful ...
In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic.
Having criticised the contemporary criticism of the Gowrie affair, we must look back, and examine the nature of Gowrie's ancestral and personal relations with James before the day of calamity.
." . . the stories we have been telling deal with living men supposed to be influencing living men. When the dead are alleged to exercise a similar power, we...
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts is the 1897 book by the famous author Andrew Lang. The subject is Lang's exploration into true ghost stories and prophetic dreams.
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts is the 1897 book by the famous author Andrew Lang. The subject is Lang's exploration into true ghost stories and prophetic dreams.