The Violet Fairy Book (Illustrated)

by Andrew Lang

Overview

The Violet Fairy Book is one in the series of Andrew Lang's Fairy Books — also known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. Each volume is distinguished by its own color. In all, 437 tales from a broad range of cultures and countries are presented.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663514691
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	06/08/2020
Series:	Classic Books for Children , #87
Pages:	450
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.38(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

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."