The Red Fairy Book (+Biography and Bibliography) (Glossy Cover Finish): Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had collected them originally (with the notable exception of Madame d'Aulnoy), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language sources, giving many of these tales their first ...
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The Red Fairy Book (+Biography and Bibliography) (Glossy Cover Finish): Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had collected them originally (with the notable exception of Madame d'Aulnoy), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language sources, giving many of these 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 telling of the actual stories. The Red Fairy Book is the second in the series.
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Add this copy of The Red Fairy Book to cart. $33.14, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Independently published.
This second book in the series from Andrew Lang is even better than the first( Blue Fairy Book). It includes lesser known tales, and colored illustrations that enhance the stories. To own the entire series would be a delight to those of us who continue to enjoy the tales of childhood all our lives. This series is among the best of all collections.