ISBN:
9781775410140
,
9781775567745
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (489 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Orange Fairy Book
DDC:
398.2
Keywords:
Fairy tales
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Title; Contents; Preface; The Story of the Hero Makoma; The Magic Mirror From the Senna; Story of the King Who Would See Paradise; How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu; Ian, the Soldier's Son; The Fox and the Wolf; How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon; The Ugly Duckling; The Two Caskets; The Goldsmith's Fortune; The Enchanted Wreath; The Foolish Weaver; The Clever Cat; The Story of Manus; Pinkel the Thief; The Adventures of a Jackal; The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son; The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal; The Three Treasures of the Giants; The Rover of the Plain; The White Doe
Description / Table of Contents:
The Girl-FishThe Owl and the Eagle; The Frog and the Lion Fairy; The Adventures of Covan the BrownHaired; The Princess Bella-Flor; The Bird of Truth; The Mink and the Wolf; Adventures of an Indian Brave; How the Stalos Were Tricked; Andras Baive; The White Slipper; The Magic Book; Endnotes;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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