These pages contain the contents of andrew lang s fairy books. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in the blue poetry book. Although lang didnt collect the stories from the oral tradition himself, he can make claim to the first english translation of many, which are often cited as inspiration to j. In the green fairy book, the third in the series, lang has assembled stories from.
The blue, red, green, yellow, pink, grey, violet, crimson, brown, orange, olive, and lilac fairy books by andrew lang 4. The 12 main color fairy books collections of fairy tails around the world. Andrew lang march 31, 1844, selkirk july 20, 1912, banchory, kincardineshire was a prolific scots man of letters. Andrew lang books list of books by author andrew lang. Lang is best remembered for his contribution to folklore and storytelling thanks to his 12volume fairy books collection. Traditional folk tales and fairy stories from around the world. You can click on the book covers below, or view lists of the fairy tales by book, title, and by andrew langs sources. The fairy books of andrew lang a project gutenberg linked index to all stories in the 12 volumes language. Lang, miss eleanor sellar, miss blackley, and miss hang.
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. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. Librivox recording of the grey fairy book, by andrew lang. Many people in the late victorian era considered traditional fairytales to be unfit for children because of their brutal and violent. He was inspired by folk tales as a child growing up on the englandscotland border, and wanted to distribute tales of every type to. Andrew lang s fairy books, volume 1 illustrated and unabridged.
This was followed by many other collections of fairy. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The fairy books of andrew lang by andrew lang free ebook. The stories are taken from those told by grannies to grandchildren in many countries and in many languages french, italian, spanish, catalan, gaelic, icelandic, cherokee, african, indian, australian, slavonic, eskimo, and what not. You can click on the book covers below, or view lists of the fairy tales by book, title, and by andrew lang s sources. Tear to cloth at base of spine of the blue fairy book. Andrew lang, a scotsman, was a literary critic, novelist, poet, and a contributor to the field of anthropology. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. The blue fairy book was the first volume in the series, and so it contains some of. Andrew lang 18441912 was a scottish poet, novelist and literary critic, but his enduring legacy is not his prodigious writing.
Andrew lang fba 31 march 1844 20 july 1912 was a scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. The blue, red, green, yellow, pink, grey, violet, crimson, brown, orange, olive, and lilac fairy books. Lang was a scottish poet and literary critic who wanted to share englishlanguage fairy tales with the masses. 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. They are s ometimes called andrew lan g s fairy b ooks although the blue fairy book and ot her coloured fairy books are only 12 in the series. Stories included are sleeping beauty, rumpelstiltskin, beauty and the beast, hansel and. Andrews university and at balliol college, oxford, he held an open fellowship at merton college until 1875, when he moved to london.
The rainbow fairy books by andrew lang list challenges. Alphabetical and bythebook indexes to the fairy tales included in the andrew lang fairy tale books. You can also read the full text online using our ereader. Lang published several collections of traditional tales, collectively known as andrew langs fairy books. Favorite andrew lang fairy tale books in many colors. I ndexes to the folk and fairy tales in the a ndrew l ang f airy b ooks by the book or alphabetical return to andrew lang biography and list of works page.
Cinderella, little red riding hood, giants and dwarfs, monsters and magicians, fairies and ogres these are the companions who will thrill young boys and girls of all lands and all times, as andrew langs phenomenally successful collections of stories have proved. This bold and eclectic anthology contains wonderful renditions of old favorites such as jack and the beanstalk and rapunzel, as well as some littleknown stories like the death of koschei the deathless and the nettle spinner. Andrew lang was a scottish writer and literary critic best known for collecting folk and fairy tales and publishing them in a series. The first of a collection of twelve fairy tale books, gathered by andrew lang from various sources. Link to the wikipedia article on andrew langs colored fairy books. Corner clipped from front free endpaper in the lilac fairy book. 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. 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.
These pages contain the contents of andrew langs fairy books. All stories in the 12 volumes andrew langs complete fairy book series with alphabetical listing of all 420 stories illustrated kindle edition by lang, andrew, widger, david. You can click on the book covers below, or view lists. This collection, ballads of books, is a recast of the volume of the same name, edited by mr. 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. Mar 27, 2020 andrew lang, scottish scholar and man of letters noted for his collections of fairy tales and translations of homer. Project gutenbergs fairy books edited by andrew lang, by.
The first of his collections was the blue fairy book 1889, for which lang pulled together tales from the brothers grimm, madame daulnoy, the. Inner hinges tender or exposed in the lilac, orange and grey. The grey fairy book by andrew lang free at loyal books. Andrew lang, born march 31, 1844, selkirk, selkirkshire, scot. Media related to the red fairy book at wikimedia commons. Project gutenbergs fairy books edited by andrew lang, by various. Ashlimans folktexts, a library of folktales, folklore, fairy tales, and mythology. Andrew langs fairy books were edited by folklorist andrew lang, who is often credited as the author. This book is a compendium of the twelve fairy books of andrew lang. Free ebooks by andrew lang sorted into series, and presented in chronological order. Lang examined the origins of totemism in social origins 1903. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the fairy. 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.
Librivox recording of the blue fairy book, edited by andrew lang. 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. See all books authored by andrew lang, including the blue fairy book, and the red fairy book, and more on. Also known as andrew lang s coloured fairy books or andrew lang s fairy books of many colors. The langs fairy books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children. The andrew lang lectures at the university of st andrews are named after him. Project gutenberg titles by andrew lang lang, andrew, 18441912. 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 fairy books of andrew lang a project gutenberg linked index to all stories in the 12 volumes author. Andrew lang began gathering fairy tales with the aim of conserving the old stories that have pleased so many generations.
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. The red fairy book the yellow fairy book the violet fairy book the crimson fairy book the orange fairy book the brown fairy book the lilac fairy book the pink fairy book the grey fairy book the green fairy book. Link to the wikipedia article on andrew lang s colored fairy books. Andrew lang 31 march 1844 20 july 1912 was a scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. Published in andrew langs orange fairy book 1906, longsman, green and co. Andrew lang biography childhood, life achievements. Project gutenbergs the fairy books of andrew lang, by andrew lang and others this. Andrew lang 18441912 was a scots poet, novelist, and literary critic.
Educated at the university of st andrews, the university of glasgow for a year, in order to earn the snell exhibition to balliol college, and in oxford, he was a fellow at merton college from 18681875. 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. The good are as truehearted as they are fair, and as heroic as they are handsome, but not everyone lives happily ever after, and even. See the complete coloured fairy books series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The grey fairy book by andrew lang, paperback barnes. This delphi edition offers a comprehensive range of langs prolific works, with thousands of beautiful illustrations, as well as the usual bonus texts. Most captivating is the fact that the collection features the stories in pristine an. Published in 1889, the blue fairy book contains 37 stories. The brown fairy book, published in 1904, is the ninth of twelve collected fairy story books that were researched, translated and compiled by andrew lang 18441912 and his wife, leonora blanche alleyne lang. Red, green, yellow and blue fairy tale books by andrew lang.
The andrew lang lectures at st andrews university are named for him. These fairy books, however, are not written by the editor, as he has often explained, out of his own head. Andrew lang 18441912 published in 1889, the blue fairy book is the first book in the series of story collections known as andrew langs coloured fairy books, which bring to life the classic fairytales by grimm, madame daulnoy and perrault among other folklore sources. Discover book depositorys huge selection of andrew lang books online.
Andrew langs fairy books, volume 1 illustrated and unabridged. Coloured fairy books series by andrew lang goodreads. How many have you read from this classic collection. 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. The blue fairy book so popular in its day that it went on to launch an entire series the rainbow fairy books has all the ingredients one would expect to find in a collection of fairy tales. The first volume in langs fairy tale series features some of the finest stories from around the world, most of them old favorites.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Andrew lang 18441912 was a novelist, journalist, poet, and literary critic best known for his collections of fairy tales known as the. Alphabetical and bythebook indexes to andrew lang fairy. The fairy books, or coloured fairy books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Buy andrew lang, fairy books collection i by lang, andrew isbn. Project gutenberg titles by andrew lang lang, andrew. The pink fairy book with biographical introduction classic books library. Andrew langs blue fairy book 1889 was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. In the preface of the lilac fairy book he credits his wife with translating and transcribing most of the stories in the collections. This was followed by many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as andrew langs fairy books. Also known as andrew langs coloured fairy books or andrew langs fairy books of many colors. The blue fairy book by andrew lang free at loyal books. The elf maiden, and other stories from the fairy books.
The collection was assembled by scottish folklorist andrew lang although authorship of the stories is unknown. The good are as truehearted as they are fair, and as heroic as they are handsome, but. Alphabetical and bythebook indexes to the fairy tales included in the andrew lang fairy tale books i ndexes to the folk and fairy tales in the a ndrew l ang f airy. The rainbow fairy books by andrew lang show list info. Andrew langs fairy books of many colors collections. A lovely set andrew langs color fairy books, beautifully decorated in ornate gilt stamping. A project gutenberg linked index to all stories in the 12 volumes. The blue fairy book was the first volume in the series and so it contains some of the best known tales, taken from a variety of sources. 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. Educated at the university of st andrews, the university of glasgow for a year, in order to earn the snell exhibition to balliol college, and in oxford, he was a fellow at merton college from 18681875, when he moved to london and took up journalism. Andrew lang 1844 1912 was a scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology.