The Brown Fairy Book, the ninth in Andrew Lang 's Coloured Fairy Book series, was originally published in 1904. This edition contains all 32 of the original stories and all 50 of the original black-and-white illustrations. *** The collections were spec
The Brown Fairy Book, the ninth in Andrew Lang 's Coloured Fairy Book series, was originally published in 1904. This edition contains all 32 of the or...
"The Lilac Fairy Book," the twelfth in Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Book series, was originally published in 1910. This edition contains all 33 of the original stories and all 52 of the original illustrations. *** The collections were specifically intended for children, and consequently edited for that end. *** When Andrew began publishing these books there were almost no English fairy tale books in circulation. The series proved of great influence in children's literature, and inspired a host of imitators. The series also proved to be an inspiration to J.R. Tolken and his Middle-Earth...
"The Lilac Fairy Book," the twelfth in Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Book series, was originally published in 1910. This edition contains all 33 of t...
"The Orange Fairy Book," the tenth in Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Book series, was originally published in 1906. This edition contains all 33 of the original stories and all 58 of the original illustrations. *** The collections were specifically intended for children, and consequently edited for that end. *** When Andrew began publishing these books there were almost no English fairy tale books in circulation. The series proved of great influence in children's literature, and inspired a host of imitators. The series also proved to be an inspiration to J.R. Tolken and his Middle-Earth...
"The Orange Fairy Book," the tenth in Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Book series, was originally published in 1906. This edition contains all 33 of th...
The Olive Fairy Book, the eleventh in Andrew Lang 's Coloured Fairy Book series, was originally published in 1907. This edition contains all 29 of the original stories and all 51 of the original illustrations. *** The collections were specifically inte
The Olive Fairy Book, the eleventh in Andrew Lang 's Coloured Fairy Book series, was originally published in 1907. This edition contains all 29 of the...
Andrew Lang is known for being a poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He is most famous for his folk stories and fairy tales. The Coloured Fairy Books are a 12 book set. Stories included in this work are The Cats Elopement -- How the Dragon was Tricked -- The Goblin and the Grocer -- The House in the Wood -- Uraschimataro and the Turtle -- The Slaying of the Tanuki -- The Flying Trunk -- The Snow Man. -- The Shirt-Collar -- The Princess in the Chest -- The Three Brothers -- The Snow-queen -- The Fir-Tree -- Hans, the Mermaids Son -- Peter Bull -- The Bird Grip...
Andrew Lang is known for being a poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He is most famous for his folk stories and fairy ta...
Andrew Lang is known for being a poet, novelist, literary critic, and student of anthropology. He is most famous for his folk stories and fairy tales. The majority of these essays appeared in The Cornhill Magazine in 1904. The Table of Contents includes The Case of Elizabeth Canning, The Murder of Escovedo, The Campden Mystery, The Case of Allan Breck, The Cardinal's Necklace, The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser: the Child of Europe, The Gowrie Conspiracy, The Strange Case of Daniel Dunglas Home, The Case of Captain Green, Queen Oglethorpe (in collaboration with Miss Alice Shield), The Chevalier...
Andrew Lang is known for being a poet, novelist, literary critic, and student of anthropology. He is most famous for his folk stories and fairy tales....
Andrew Lang is known for being a poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He is most famous for his folk stories and fairy tales. The Homeric Hymns: A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological begins with a lengthy discussion of the origins and translations of the hymns. Lang then discusses the hymns of Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite, and Demeter. The final section is composed of Lang's excellent translations of the hymns.
Andrew Lang is known for being a poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He is most famous for his folk stories and fairy ta...
One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of stories collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars in various countries across the Middle East and South Asia. These collections of tales trace their roots back to ancient Arabia and Yemen, ancient Indian literature and Persian literature, ancient Egyptian literature and Mesopotamian mythology, ancient Syria and Asia Minor, and medieval Arabic folk stories from the Caliphate era. Though the oldest Arabic manuscript dates from the fourteenth century, scholarship generally dates the collection's genesis to somewhere...
One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of stories collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars in various countries...
Andrew Lang is known for being a poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He is most famous for his folk stories and fairy tales. Lang's earliest publication was a volume of metrical experiments, The Ballads and Lyrics of Old France (1872). The following poets were translated by Lang Charles D Orleans, Francois Villon, Joachim Du Bellay, Remy Belleau, Pierre Ronsard, Jaques Tahureau, and Jean Passerat."
Andrew Lang is known for being a poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He is most famous for his folk stories and fairy ta...
