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The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. 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 collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source the stories himself direct from the oral tradition he can make claim to the first English show more translation of many.First published in 1910, The Lilac Fairy Bookis the final volume in this series.
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"The Shifty Lad"
"The False Prince and the True"
"The Jogi's Punishment"
"The Heart of a Monkey"
"The Fairy Nurse"
"A Lost Paradise"
"How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves"
"The King of the Waterfalls"
"A French Puck"
"The Three Crowns"
"The Story of a Very Bad Boy"
"The Brown Bear of Norway"
"Little Lasse"
"Moti"
"The Enchanted Deer"
"A Fish Story"
"The Wonderful Tune"
"The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother"
"The One-Handed Girl"
"The Bones of Djulung"
"The Sea King's Gift"
"The Raspberry Worm"
"The Stones of Plouhinec"
"The Castle of Kerglas"
"The Battle of the Birds"
"The Lady of the Fountain"
"The Four Gifts"
"The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok"
"The Escape of the Mouse"
"The Believing Husbands"
"The Hoodie-Crow"
"The Brownie of the Lake"
"The Winning of Olwen"
"The False Prince and the True"
"The Jogi's Punishment"
"The Heart of a Monkey"
"The Fairy Nurse"
"A Lost Paradise"
"How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves"
"The King of the Waterfalls"
"A French Puck"
"The Three Crowns"
"The Story of a Very Bad Boy"
"The Brown Bear of Norway"
"Little Lasse"
"Moti"
"The Enchanted Deer"
"A Fish Story"
"The Wonderful Tune"
"The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother"
"The One-Handed Girl"
"The Bones of Djulung"
"The Sea King's Gift"
"The Raspberry Worm"
"The Stones of Plouhinec"
"The Castle of Kerglas"
"The Battle of the Birds"
"The Lady of the Fountain"
"The Four Gifts"
"The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok"
"The Escape of the Mouse"
"The Believing Husbands"
"The Hoodie-Crow"
"The Brownie of the Lake"
"The Winning of Olwen"
To avoid overabundance of information re persons responsible for translations and/or adaptation, please refer to Lang's Preface. Color Plates have been replaced w/black & white plates in this edition. Unabridged Replication of Longman & Green's 1910 edition.
Contents: "The Shifty Lad", "The False Prince and the True", "The Jogi's Punishment", "The Heart of a Monkey", "The Fairy Nurse", "A Lost Paradise", "How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves",
"The King of the Waterfalls", "A French Puck", "The Three Crowns", "The Story of a Very Bad Boy", "The Brown Bear of Norway", "Little Lasse", "Moti", "The Enchanted Deer", "A Fish Story", "The Wonderful Tune", "The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother", "The One-Handed Girl", "The Bones of Djulung", "The Sea show more King's Gift", "The Raspberry Worm", "The Stones of Plouhinec", "The Castle of Kerglas", "The Battle of the Birds", "The Lady of the Fountain",
"The Four Gifts", "The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok", "The Escape of the Mouse", "The Believing Husbands", "The Hoodie-Crow", "The Brownie of the Lake", "The Winning of Olwen" show less
Contents: "The Shifty Lad", "The False Prince and the True", "The Jogi's Punishment", "The Heart of a Monkey", "The Fairy Nurse", "A Lost Paradise", "How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves",
"The King of the Waterfalls", "A French Puck", "The Three Crowns", "The Story of a Very Bad Boy", "The Brown Bear of Norway", "Little Lasse", "Moti", "The Enchanted Deer", "A Fish Story", "The Wonderful Tune", "The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother", "The One-Handed Girl", "The Bones of Djulung", "The Sea show more King's Gift", "The Raspberry Worm", "The Stones of Plouhinec", "The Castle of Kerglas", "The Battle of the Birds", "The Lady of the Fountain",
"The Four Gifts", "The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok", "The Escape of the Mouse", "The Believing Husbands", "The Hoodie-Crow", "The Brownie of the Lake", "The Winning of Olwen" show less
This is Book 12 of the Andrew Lang Color Fairy Tale Series
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Andrew Lang was born at Selkirk in Scotland on March 31, 1844. He was a historian, poet, novelist, journalist, translator, and anthropologist, in connection with his work on literary texts. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, St. Andrews University, and Balliol College, Oxford University, becoming a fellow at Merton College. His poetry includes show more Ballads and Lyrics of Old France (1872), Ballades in Blue China (1880--81), and Grass of Parnassus (1888--92). His anthropology and his defense of the value of folklore as the basis of religion is expressed in his works Custom and Myth (1884), Myth, Ritual and Religion (1887), and The Making of Religion (1898). He also translated Homer and critiqued James G. Frazer's views of mythology as expressed in The Golden Bough. He was considered a good historian, with a readable narrative style and knowledge of the original sources including his works A History of Scotland (1900-7), James VI and the Gowrie Mystery (1902), and Sir George Mackenzie (1909). He was one of the most important collectors of folk and fairy tales. His collections of Fairy books, including The Blue Fairy Book, preserved and handed down many of the better-known folk tales from the time. He died of angina pectoris on July 20, 1912. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Lilac Fairy Book
- Original publication date
- 1910
- First words
- The Shifty Lad
In the land of Erin there dwelt long ago a widow who had an only son.
PREFACE
'What cases are you engaged in at present?' - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And as he spake Goreu the son of Custennin cut off his head, as it had been ordained, and Arthur's hosts returned each man to his own country.
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- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books
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- 398.2108 — Society, Government, and Culture Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore & Folktales Folk literature Fairy Tales
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- PZ8 .L15 .L — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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