The Lilac Fairy Book
Author | : Andrew Lang |
Publisher | : Litres |
Total Pages | : 389 |
Release | : 2021-12-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 5040831153 |
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Author | : Andrew Lang |
Publisher | : Litres |
Total Pages | : 389 |
Release | : 2021-12-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 5040831153 |
Author | : Andrew Lang |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2018-08-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781724895448 |
The Lilac Fairy By Andrew Lang The last of Andrew Lang's twelve famous Fairy Books, The Lilac Fairy Book features thirty-three stories from all over the world, including Portuguese, Scottish, Norwegian, and Swahili fairy tales, amongst many others. Lang's collections are notable for their graphic and often violent story elements, as well as for the beautiful original plates that are included as illustrations. His Fairy Books have been cited as literary influences by many writers, including Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkein. 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. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author | : Andrew Lang |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Pub |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2013-03-25 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781483948065 |
I take this opportunity of recommending these fairy books—poor things, but my own—to parents and guardians who may never have heard of them. They are rich in romantic adventure, and the Princes always marry the right Princesses and live happy ever afterwards; while the wicked witches, stepmothers, tutors and governesses are never cruelly punished, but retire to the country on ample pensions. I hate cruelty: I never put a wicked stepmother in a barrel and send her tobogganing down a hill. It is true that Prince Ricardo did kill the Yellow Dwarf; but that was in fair fight, sword in hand, and the dwarf, peace to his ashes! died in harness.
Author | : Andrew Lang |
Publisher | : Everest Media LLC |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-08-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781412118323 |
Journey through a magical realm where talking animals, wicked stepmothers, and brave princes weave tales of wonder and adventure. Rediscover the timeless magic of classic fairy stories, brought to life with vivid storytelling. From the depths of the ocean to towering castles, let these enchanting narratives transport you to faraway lands. Lose yourself in a world of folklore and fantasy – perfect for dreamers of all ages.
Author | : Andrew Lang |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1897 |
Genre | : Children's stories |
ISBN | : |
A collection of forty-one fairy tales from the folklore of Japan, Scandinavia, Sicily, Africa and Spain.
Author | : Andrew Lang |
Publisher | : Jazzybee Verlag |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 3849609367 |
First and foremost, always and forever, among tales for children come the fairy tales. What were childhood without the fairy tale? That child who has never wandered through the magic gardens of Fairyland is unfortunate indeed. But that child does not exist, for the mind and heart of every child, even all unaided, will make for itself a fairyland out of anything and nothing. But the art of writing fairy tales seems to be another thing that has vanished with the vanished childhood of the race. The best fairy tales are always the old ones, stories that were never really written, but just grew in the telling as they passed down through generations of fireside evenings. They were told or enjoyed by grown men and women in an earlier, more naive age, and they never lose their appeal to the child in us as to the children around us now. As to new fairy stories, well, Mr. Andrew Lang, the untiring editor, who makes it possible to unearth new-old stories every year and dress them out in a new colour of raiment for the Christmas tree, says some very unkind things of them in his latest offering, The Lilac Fairy Book . "The three hundred and sixty-five authors who try to write new fairy tales are very tiresome," he says. "Their fairies try to be funny and fail, or they try to preach and succeed. Real fairies never preach or talk slang—nobody can write a new fairy tale; the thing is impossible." The tenor of Mr. Lang's reproach of modern writers of fairy tales is that they attempt to write just for children and therefore fail. Possibly he may be right! But we will forgive him his feeling against the writers who prefer to write rather than to edit, for the sake of the fine new-old stories he has found for us here. It is really astonishing how Mr. Lang goes on unearthing so many new stories—new-old is what we mean— every year. Some of the stories in this new book have come from Ireland, some from the Highlands of Scotland, some from wild Wales. Some from far off Asia, others from Portugal; still others from the frozen North. The majority of them have what the true fairy story should always have—enough of the marvellous to keep us guessing, enough of humour to show us that we aren't expected really to believe it all, and the delightful disregard of conventional behaviour which characterises the doings in Fairyland. For if it were not so, why go to Fairyland at all? The equipment of the book is as dainty as usual, even more so if possible, on account of the delicacy of the chosen colour. And a word of sincere praise is due the charming illustrations by H. J. Ford. If the imagination of the modern writer cannot achieve a new fairy tale, the modern painter can at least understand the old stories and awaken them to new life for us. 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.
Author | : Andrew Lang |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Fairy tales |
ISBN | : |
Twenty-nine tales from the folklore of Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, and the Sudan.
Author | : Andrew Lang |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2007-07-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1406860832 |
Author | : Andrew Lang |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Children's stories |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Andrew Lang |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Illustrated children's books |
ISBN | : |