The Blue Fairy Book: The First of the Coloured Fairy Books
Andrew Lang
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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The first of Andrew Lang's coloured fairy books: Perrault, Grimm, Norse and Arabian tales gathered for the nursery in plain English, from Beauty and the Beast to Aladdin, Snow White and the Terrible Head. Lang was a folklorist arguing with anthropologists by day; the collections were assembled largely by his wife Leonora and a team of women translators he credited too lightly. It sold out at once and set the shape of the fairy-tale book for the next century. Twenty-two plates of landscape and story painting by Constable, Grimshaw and others, 1800 to 1894, give the tales the older world they came from.
The first of Andrew Lang's coloured fairy books: Perrault, Grimm, Norse and Arabian tales gathered for the nursery in plain English, from Beauty and the Beast to Aladdin, Snow White and the Terrible Head. Lang was a folklorist arguing with anthropologists by day; the collections were assembled la...
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Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet, critic, folklorist and historian born in Selkirk. He translated Homer, wrote on anthropology and psychical research, and edited the twelve coloured Fairy Books that carried the folk tales of the world to English children. His works include Custom and Myth, The Blue Fairy Book, Historical Mysteries, and Highways and Byways in the Border.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet, critic, folklorist and historian born in Selkirk. He translated Homer, wrote on anthropology and psychical research, and edited the twelve coloured Fairy Books that carried the folk tales of the world to English children. His works include Custom and M...
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