The Brown Fairy Book (Illustrated)

Fiction & Literature, Classics, Historical
Cover of the book The Brown Fairy Book (Illustrated) by Andrew Lang, Henry J. Ford, Illustrator, Steve Gabany
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Author: Andrew Lang, Henry J. Ford, Illustrator ISBN: 1230001064230
Publisher: Steve Gabany Publication: May 4, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Andrew Lang, Henry J. Ford, Illustrator
ISBN: 1230001064230
Publisher: Steve Gabany
Publication: May 4, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books — also known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors — are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910. Many were subsequently reprinted a number of times. Each volume is distinguished by its own color. In all, 437 tales from a broad range of cultures and countries are presented.

This edition of The Brown Fairy Book contains the 51 original illustrations by Henry J. Ford, rejuvenated. Eight of the illustrations are in full color. In print, this book is 392 pages long.

Andrew Lang (1844–1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic. Although he did not collect the stories himself from oral primary sources, only he and Madame d'Aulnoy (1651–1705) have collected tales from such a large variety of sources. These collections have been immensely influential. Lang gave many of the tales their first appearance in English. As acknowledged in the prefaces, although Lang himself made most of the selections, his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and retelling of the actual stories.

According to Anita Silvey, "The irony of Lang's life and work is that although he wrote for a profession—literary criticism; fiction; poems; books and articles on anthropology, mythology, history, and travel…he is best recognized for the works he did not write."

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Andrew Lang's Fairy Books — also known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors — are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910. Many were subsequently reprinted a number of times. Each volume is distinguished by its own color. In all, 437 tales from a broad range of cultures and countries are presented.

This edition of The Brown Fairy Book contains the 51 original illustrations by Henry J. Ford, rejuvenated. Eight of the illustrations are in full color. In print, this book is 392 pages long.

Andrew Lang (1844–1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic. Although he did not collect the stories himself from oral primary sources, only he and Madame d'Aulnoy (1651–1705) have collected tales from such a large variety of sources. These collections have been immensely influential. Lang gave many of the tales their first appearance in English. As acknowledged in the prefaces, although Lang himself made most of the selections, his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and retelling of the actual stories.

According to Anita Silvey, "The irony of Lang's life and work is that although he wrote for a profession—literary criticism; fiction; poems; books and articles on anthropology, mythology, history, and travel…he is best recognized for the works he did not write."

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