The Violet Fairy Book - Couverture souple

Lang, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486216756 ISBN 13 : 9780486216751

Editeur : Dover Children's, 2000

Synopsis

Roumania, Japan, Serbia, Lithuania, Africa, Portugal, and Russia are among the sources of these 35 stories that tell of a haunted forest, chests of gold coins, a magical dog, and a man who outwits a dragon. Perhaps the best English versions available of these classic stories. 74 illustrations.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a collection of Fairy stories which are in continuation of the series which "The Blue Fairy Book" was the initial volume. Which includes the classic titles. A Tale Of the Tontlawald The Finest Liar in the World The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars Schippeitaro The Three Princes and their Beasts The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples The Lute Player The Grateful Prince The Child who came from an Egg Stan Bolovan The Two Frogs The Story of a Gazelle How a Fish swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water Two in a Sack The Envious Neighbour The Fairy of the Dawn The Enchanted Knife Jesper Who Herded the Hares The Underground Workers The History of Dwarf Long Nose The Nunda, Eater of People The Story of Hassebu The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet The Monkey and the Jelly-fish The Headless Dwarfs The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened The Boys with the Golden Stars The Frog The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground The Girl Who Pretended to be a Boy The Story of Halfman The Prince Who Wanted to See the World Virgilius the Sorcerer Mogarzea and his Son

Biographie de l'auteur

Lang was born in Selkirk. He was the eldest of the eight children born to John Lang, the town clerk of Selkirk, and his wife Jane Plenderleath Sellar, who was the daughter of Patrick Sellar, factor to the first duke of Sutherland. On 17 April 1875, he married Leonora Blanche Alleyne, youngest daughter of C. T. Alleyne of Clifton and Barbados. She was (or should have been) variously credited as author, collaborator, or translator of Lang's Color/Rainbow Fairy Books which he edited.
He was educated at Selkirk Grammar School, Loretto, and at the Edinburgh Academy, St Andrews University and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took a first class in the final classical schools in 1868, becoming a fellow and subsequently honorary fellow of Merton College. He soon made a reputation as one of the most able and versatile writers of the day as a journalist, poet, critic, and historian. In 1906, he was elected FBA.
He died of angina pectoris at the Tor-na-Coille Hotel in Banchory, Banchory, survived by his wife. He was buried in the cathedral precincts at St Andrews.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dover Children's
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0486216756
• ISBN 13: 9780486216751
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italie