Author

Andrew Lang

1844-1912 · Scottish poet, critic and folklorist, editor of the colored Fairy Books

About Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang (1844–1912) was a Scottish poet, critic, and folklorist; with collaborators he edited the colored Fairy Books beginning with The Blue Fairy Book (1889).

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The Blue Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

1889 · 19th Century · Collection

The Blue Fairy Book (1889), edited by Andrew Lang, gathers European fairy tales into one household volume that became the first of the famous colored fairy books. Lang and his collaborators retell stories from Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Madame d’Aulnoy, and other streams so that children meet Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin, and many less anthologized tales in a single readable English.

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