Andrew Lang's Pink, Grey, Violet and Crimson Fairy Books - Softcover

Lang, Andrew

9781905921140: Andrew Lang's Pink, Grey, Violet and Crimson Fairy Books

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905921144 ISBN 13: 9781905921140

Publisher: Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax ltd, 2009

This A4 size collection of Andrew Lang's Pink, Grey, Violet and Crimson Fairy books is another delectable volume of some of the best fairy tales from all over the world. A window to the world's cultures, you can be part of a world of fairies, ogres, dragons, princes, giants, and kings ...A treasury of unique books, including some wonderful tales such as: / The young man who tricks a dragon into a box to become a king; / An Ogre who saves a beautiful girl from a witch; / A boy brave enough to marry a fearsome, terrible troll's daughter; / A goat-faced girl, raised by a fairy, disguised as a lizard, yet destined to marry a king; / An orchestra of a donkey, a greyhound, a cat and a cockerel and their singing adventure; / The King who had Goat's ears; / The girl who was born from an egg and turned into a beautiful princess; / The story of the headless dwarfs. The collection also tells us about the time when the fish swam in the air and a hare could run in the water; why Jellyfish have no s

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About the Author:

Andrew Lang (March, 31, 1844 July 20, 1912) was a Scottish writer and literary critic who is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang s academic interests extended beyond the literary and he was a noted contributor to the fields of anthropology, folklore, psychical research, history, and classic scholarship, as well as the inspiration for the University of St. Andrew s Andrew Lang Lectures. A prolific author, Lang published more than 100 works during his career, including twelve fairy books, in which he compiled folk and fairy tales from around the world. Lang s Lilac Fairy and Red Fairy books are credited with influencing J. R. R. Tolkien, who commented on the importance of fairy stories in the modern world in his 1939 Andrew Lang Lecture On Fairy-Stories.

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