| Author: | Andrew Lang | ISBN: | 1230000797511 |
| Publisher: | Media Galaxy | Publication: | November 23, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Andrew Lang |
| ISBN: | 1230000797511 |
| Publisher: | Media Galaxy |
| Publication: | November 23, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was also a prolific author of works both fiction and non; he wrote his own fairy tales such as Prince Prigio and Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia, and wrote numerous historical texts.
‘The Wonderful Birch’ tells us about a farmer and his wife who lose one of their sheep. The sheep was of great importance to them so the wife thought of a way to bring it back. So she went to a witch and told her about their problem. In the result the witch turned her into a black sheep but everything wasn’t that simple. The witch was cunning and she turned herself into that woman to in order to deceive the woman’s husband and steal her life…
Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was also a prolific author of works both fiction and non; he wrote his own fairy tales such as Prince Prigio and Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia, and wrote numerous historical texts.
‘The Wonderful Birch’ tells us about a farmer and his wife who lose one of their sheep. The sheep was of great importance to them so the wife thought of a way to bring it back. So she went to a witch and told her about their problem. In the result the witch turned her into a black sheep but everything wasn’t that simple. The witch was cunning and she turned herself into that woman to in order to deceive the woman’s husband and steal her life…
