The Blue Fairy Book (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Andrew Lang

Overview

Andrew Lang’s classic Blue Fairy Book (1889), the first of his Fairy Tale series, contains 37 lovely tales ranging from the well-known “Cinderella” and “Little Red Riding Hood” to lesser know yet equally delightful stories such as “Why the Sea is Salt” and “East of the Sun and West of the Moon.” The book assembles a wide range of tales, with seven from the Brothers Grimm, five from Madame d'Aulnoy, three from the Arabian Nights, and four Norse stories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411465091
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/20/2012
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	572
Sales rank:	564,912
File size:	10 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scotsman, best known as the compiler of the dozen “colored” Fairy Books. A poet, novelist, literary critic, anthropologist, and historian, Lang was also a founder of psychical research. His books include The Princess Nobody (1884), Ballads and Verses Vain (1884), Letters to Dead Authors (1886), In the Wrong Paradise (1886), The Mark of Cain (1886), and many more.