The blue fairy book is the first of twelve fairy stories that were researched, translated and compiled by andrew lang 18441912 and his wife, lang, a scotsman, was a literary critic, novelist, poet, and a contributor to the field of anthropology. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Buy andrew lang, fairy books collection i by lang, andrew isbn. The green fairy book by andrew lang, paperback barnes.
It has an excellent group of stories from different fairy tale writers, including perrault, daulnoy, and grimm. The yellow fairy book 1894 contains three american indian tales and one chinese. Corner clipped from front free endpaper in the lilac fairy book. This beloved volume collects the worlds most famous fairy tales, childrens classics, and bedtime stories. The red fairy book by andrew lang magick books library. The brown fairy book 1904 has american indian and african tales. Lang s childhood days in the scottish borderland of selkirk, the land and history of william wallace and bonnie prince charlie and his highlanders, his jaunts through heath and wood, fishing in the local streams, and reading such books as grimms fairy tales and the works of william shakespeare, madame daulnoy, and sir walter scott inspired.
As well as editing the famous fairy books, andrew lang created a diverse oeuvre of short story collections, novels, poetry and a scholarly corpus of essays and nonfiction books. Project gutenberg titles by andrew lang lang, andrew. The fairies try to discover a way to undo the mistake and reunite the young lovers. I read and reread all 12 books in andrew lang s fairy book series in my exceedingly distant youth. The fairy, who entered the room at this moment, burst into tears, and listened in silence to the genius, who hinted that byandby everything would be put right. Once again we get to visit, the horrible, fantastic world of the fairy tale, complete with amazing drawings. Andrew langs fairy books were edited by folklorist andrew lang, who is often credited as the author. Andrew langs fairy books of many colors collections. Andrew lang was a scottish writer and literary critic best known for collecting folk and fairy tales and publishing them in a series. Andrew lang s most popular book is the blue fairy book. Andrew lang s fairy books or andrew lang s coloured fairy books constitute a twelvebook series of fairy tale collections. These pages contain the contents of andrew langs fairy books. The langs fairy books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 19 by andrew lang and his wife. This was followed by many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as andrew langs fairy books.
Andrew langs colored fairy books university of pittsburgh. Langloh parker flora annie steel william elliot griffis elphinstone dayrell sophie. Andrew lang 1844 1912 was a scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. Andrew lang 1844 1912 the red fairy book is the second in a series of twelve books known as andrew lang s fairy books or andrew lang s coloured books. These are the unknown tales that disney ignores, but are beautiful in their own right. Collected together by andrew land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by langs wife and other translators who also retold many of the tales. These pages contain the contents of andrew lang s fairy books. Andrew langs blue fairy book 1889 was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. A fairys blunder a thoughtless fairy enchants a fountain without considering the effects of the enchantment. Andrew lang has 1500 books on goodreads with 126353 ratings. This was followed by many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as andrew langs fairy books encompassing. He was inspired by folk tales as a child growing up on the englandscotland border, and wanted to distribute tales of every type to an audience, even as british fairy tales. See the complete coloured fairy books series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The blue, red, green, yellow, pink, grey, violet, crimson, brown, orange, olive, and lilac fairy books.
This was followed by many other collections of fairy. Collected together by andrew land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by lang s wife and other translators who also retold many of the tales. Lang published several collections of traditional tales, collectively known as andrew lang s fairy books. Beyond destroying the town, the mistake takes effect against the young wards of another fairy. He also wrote poems and novels, and was a great writer in his own right but it was his collection of fairy tales that earned him such wide spread popularity and not his own literary works. This book is a compendium of the twelve fairy books of andrew lang. Many people in the late victorian era considered traditional fairytales to be unfit for children because of their brutal and violent. A project gutenberg linked index to all stories in the 12 volumes. I read and reread all 12 books in andrew langs fairy book series in my exceedingly distant youth. The red fairy book is the second in a series of twelve books known as andrew lang s fairy books or andrew lang s coloured books. The fairy books of andrew lang a project gutenberg linked index to all stories in the 12 volumes language.
Lang is best remembered for his contribution to folklore and storytelling thanks to his 12volume fairy books collection. Skip to main content this banner text can have markup. Red, green, yellow and blue fairy tale books by andrew lang. The complete fairy books of andrew lang by andrew lang. 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 daulnoy, made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign. Andrew lang, the grey fairy book, li2go edition, 1906, accessed may 08, 2020. As soon as the swans which drew the fairys chariot had alighted. Link to the wikipedia article on andrew langs colored fairy books. The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns and fairies. The first of a collection of twelve fairy tale books, gathered by andrew lang from various sources. Published in 1999, two years after her newbery honor winning novel ella enchanted, the fairy s mistake follows along the same lines by taking the wellknown fairytale diamonds and toads and turning it on its head.
This edition contains such famous and beloved stories as sleeping beauty, rumpelstiltskin, and beauty and the beast, accompanied by fords original illustrations. Lang, on the other hand, grew up reading classic fairy tales during his childhood in the rural scottish borders and he believed that the next generation of children. The grey fairy book, by andrew lang, 1900, full text etext at the grey fairy book. The fairy books of andrew lang by andrew lang free ebook. Originally published in 1894, this treasure trove of timeless tales of action and adventure, enchanted forests and fantastic creatures. The enchanting stories of childhood every girl and boy cherish are collected in this volume of andrew langs renowned fairy books. Andrew lang 18441912 was a scottish poet, novelist and literary critic, but his enduring legacy is not his prodigious writing.
The red fairy book is the second in a series of twelve books known as andrew langs fairy books or andrew langs coloured books. In all, 437 tales from a broad range of cultures and countries are presented. Lang published several collections of traditional tales, collectively known as andrew langs fairy books. Andrew lang collected a large body of fairy tales in his twelve fairy books you can now access all of the texts online through project gutenberg. At the last assembly of the fairies, he said, when the doings of each fairy were examined and discussed, a proposal was made to lessen, as far as possible, the mischief caused. The project gutenberg ebook of the lilac fairy book, by andrew lang this ebook is. The first installment of scottish novelist lang s classic fairy tales books was first published in 1889. Librivox recording of the red fairy book, edited by andrew lang. Andrew lang 18441912 was a novelist, journalist, poet, and literary critic best known for his collections of fairy tales known as the fairy books. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections of fairy tales also known as andrew langs coloured fairy books or andrew langs fairy books of many colors.
Such as the yellow fairy book and the lilac fairy book. A good partial collection of andrew langs fairy books. He was inspired by folk tales as a child growing up on the englandscotland border, and wanted to distribute tales of every type to. The grey fairy book is a marvelous collection of tales from eastern europe, africa, and islamic countries. The collection was assembled by scottish folklorist andrew lang although. The first of a collection of twelve fairy tale books. Andrew lang first editions adrian harrington rare books. The fairy s mistake is the first story in a two volume set of six stories called the princess tales by gail carson levine. The fairy books of andrew lang a project gutenberg linked index to all stories in the 12 volumes author.
Andrews, which now hosts the andrew lang lecture series in his honour. Andrew lang 18441912 was a scots poet, novelist, and literary critic. I am planning to collect all of andrew langs color fairy tale books. Favorite andrew lang fairy tale books in many colors. Young andrews education started at the selkirk grammar school. Lang was a scottish poet and literary critic who wanted to share englishlanguage fairy tales with the masses. Andrew lang was born in selkirk, scotland on 31 march 1844, eldest son of jane plenderleath sellar and john lang. The red fairy book is only one of the numerous books andrew lang has put together. Feb 23, 2011 a good partial collection of andrew langs fairy books. Andrew lang biography childhood, life achievements. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. This delphi edition offers a comprehensive range of langs prolific works, with thousands of beautiful illustrations, as well as the usual bonus texts. It has not been abridged, nor have any of the original pictures been taken out. Only contains the blue, brown, crimson, grey, olive and violet volumes out of the original 12.
This book was originally printed in the 19th century. Traditional folk tales and fairy stories from around the world. The series was immensely popular and proved of great influence in childrens literature, increasing the popularity of fairy tales over tales of real life. Sacred texts legends and sagas lang fairy books index previous the grey fairy book, by andrew lang, 1900, at. The grey fairy book, by andrew lang, 1900, full text etext at. The blue fairy book was the first volume in the series and so. Blue fairy tale book by andrew lang world of tales. Andrew lang the selected works of andrew lang, library of alexandria 12 copy quote i am the batsman and the bat, i am the bowler and the ball, the umpire, the pavilion cat, the roller, pitch, and stumps, and all. A lovely set andrew langs color fairy books, beautifully decorated in ornate gilt stamping. Of what i discovered this book is the best one out of them. The numerous and beatiful pen and ink illustrations are done by henry j. The blue, red, green, yellow, pink, grey, violet, crimson, brown, orange, olive, and lilac. For more than a century it has been the book that introduces young readers to timeless fairy tales that include hansel and gretel, aladdin and the wonderful lamp, beauty and the beast, the master cat.
You can click on the book covers below, or view lists of the fairy tales by book, title, and by andrew lang s sources. I didnt actually realize there were a total of 12 books. The blue fairy book 1889, the red fairy book 1890, the green fairy book 1892, the yellow fairy book 1894, the pink fairy book 1897, the grey fairy book 1900, the violet fairy book 1901, the crimson fairy book. The fairys mistake is the first story in a two volume set of six stories called the princess tales by gail carson levine. Inner hinges tender or exposed in the lilac, orange and grey. For more than a century it has been the book that introduces young readers to timeless fairy tales that include hansel and gretel, aladdin and the wonderful lamp, beauty and the. Now bensiabel was in the room next to the one where. Andrew langs fairy books or andrew langs coloured fairy books constitute a twelvebook series of fairy tale collections.
Andrew langs fairy books also known as andrew langs coloured fairy books or andrew langs fairy books of many colors are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910. Librivox recording of the blue fairy book, edited by andrew lang. You can click on the book covers below, or view lists of the fairy tales by book, title, and by andrew langs sources. The blue, red, green, yellow, pink, grey, violet, crimson, brown, orange, olive, and lilac fairy books by andrew lang 4. Originally published in 1889, the blue fairy book was the first of 12 volumes of fairy tales from around the world, collected by renowned folklorist andrew lang. From the yellow fairy book through the orange fairy book 1906 the number of countries represented averaged ten. Prunella sacred texts legends and sagas lang fairy books index previous. The fairy books, or coloured fairy books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Originally published in 1894, this treasure trove of timeless tales of action and adventure, enchanted forests and fantastic creatures, and monsters and magic has thrilled readers all over the world for generations. Langs urge to collect and publish fairy tales was rooted in his own experience with the folk and fairy tales of his home territory along the english. The andrew lang lectures at the university of st andrews are named after him. Ford for andrew langs the orange fairy book the bestknown volumes of the series are the 12 fairy books, each of which is distinguished by its own color. Tear to cloth at base of spine of the blue fairy book.
Ashlimans folktexts, a library of folktales, folklore, fairy tales, and mythology. Link to the wikipedia article on andrew lang s colored fairy books. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. In the preface of the lilac fairy book he credits his wife with translating and transcribing most of the stories in the collections. 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 daulnoy, made them an immensely influential collection, especially as. The twelve fairy tale books he edited contain stories from around the world, collected from various sources, and translated mainly by his wife and other enthusiasts. Discover book depositorys huge selection of andrew lang books online. Project gutenbergs fairy books edited by andrew lang, by. The lilac fairy book, by andrew lang project gutenberg. Published in 1999, two years after her newbery honor winning novel ella enchanted, the fairys mistake follows along the same lines by taking the wellknown fairytale diamonds and toads and turning it on its head.
Andrew lang 31 march 1844 20 july 1912 was a scots poet, noveli. They have an index by book and an alphabetical listing of all of langs fairy tales these collections include such classic tales as bluebeard, cinderella, rumpelstiltzkin, the beauty and the beast and goldilocks. This was followed by many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as andrew lang s fairy books encompassing. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in the blue poetry book. The collection was assembled by scottish folklorist andrew lang although authorship of the stories is unknown.