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Five delightful volumes filled with folklore and fairy tales from around the world for both children and adults. Collected from numerous sources and cultures, the stories in this five-volume set will take readers into worlds of woodcutters and wild animals; magicians and musicians; kings, trolls, and maidens. Consisting of The Pink Fairy Book, The Grey Fairy Book, The Orange Fairy Book, The Olive Fairy Book, and The Lilac Fairy Book, this collection...
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Four volumes in the influential series of folklore and fairy tales collected from many cultures-for children of all ages. In a time when fairy tales were dismissed, even condemned, by academics and critics, Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne, worked to compile a multitude of these stories-not only helping them gain great popularity among everyday readers but also changing the widespread perceptions of this kind of literature. This entertaining...
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"A Monk of Fife" by Andrew Lang. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...
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In the late 19th century, Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic Andrew Lang - along with his wife Leonora Blanche Alleyne - began collecting tall tales, fairy stories and mythological fables from around the world and publishing them in a series of color-coded books - the "Rainbow" Fairy Books - that would become best-sellers for the next century.
Drawing from various cultures and translated from numerous languages, the stories feature...
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Relive the magic of the old times when fairies used to walk on earth, land, water and air. Immerse yourself in the aura of unforgettable tales of adventure, intrigue and supernatural. Share the joy of reading these stories with your loved ones. Musaicum Books presents to you this meticulously edited collection of Andrew Lang's Complete Fairy Tales whichis formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices for your...
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Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912) was a British poet, novelist, literary critic, and collector of folk and fairy tales. In this essay, he investigates the mystery of the man in the iron mask of Alexander Dumas' novel. Lang traces the progress of the romantic legend, as it blossomed after the death of the man whose mask was not of iron, but of black velvet. The legend struck root and flowered, from the moment when the poor valet, Martin ('Eustache Dauger'),...
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A very slightly updated version of the traditional Norwegian folk tale from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book from 1889. The Blue Fairy Book was the first of 12 Fairy Books to be written and published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and, though Lang is credited as the creator of these books, it is worth noting that almost all of the actual translation and writing of the stories was done by others - most notably his wife, Nora.
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Most mid-nineteenth-century Americans regarded the United States as an exceptional democratic republic that stood apart from a world seemingly riddled with revolutionary turmoil and aristocratic consolidation. Viewing themselves as distinct from and even superior to other societies, Americans considered their nation an unprecedented experiment in political moderation and constitutional democracy. But as abolitionism in England, economic unrest in...
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Four timeless anthologies of cherished fables, fairy tales, and bedtime stories from Aesop, Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, and Andrew Lang. The most enchanting stories of childhood are included in this sweeping collection. These are the classic tales-of princes and princesses, monsters and magic, enchanted forests and fantastic creatures-that have thrilled readers around the world for generations. Aesop's Fables: In ancient Greece, a...