Andrew Lang

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born

March 31, 1844 in Banchory, Kincardineshire, The United Kingdom

died

July 20, 1912

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Andrew Gabriel Lang was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and a contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.
The Andrew Lang Lectures at St. Andrews University are named for him. He also rewrote the famous The 12 Dancing Princesses, originally done by the Grimm Brothers. Andrew Lang did the French version.

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Books by Andrew Lang

Average rating: 4.15 · 8,123 ratings · 357 reviews · 473 distinct works

	The Blue Fairy Book 4.13 avg rating — 1,828 ratings — published 1889 — 83 editions	My rating:
	The Red Fairy Book 4.22 avg rating — 840 ratings — published 1890 — 48 editions	My rating:
	The Green Fairy Book 4.22 avg rating — 708 ratings — published 1892 — 45 editions	My rating:
	The Yellow Fairy Book 4.14 avg rating — 524 ratings — published 1894 — 41 editions	My rating:
	The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (Editor), Henry Justice Ford (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 1897 — 49 editions	My rating:
	The Orange Fairy Book 4.29 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 1906 — 42 editions	My rating:
	The Olive Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, H. J. Ford 4.26 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 1907 — 26 editions	My rating:
	The Lilac Fairy Book 4.17 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 1910 — 42 editions	My rating:
	The Brown Fairy Book 4.23 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 1904 — 59 editions	My rating:
	The Grey Fairy Book 4.24 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 1967 — 48 editions	My rating:

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Series by Andrew Lang

Coloured Fairy Books (12 books)
by Andrew Lang (Editor)

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Quotes by Andrew Lang

“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination.”
― Andrew Lang

tags: classic-insult , simile

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“Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who really care for books read all of them. There is no other course.”
― Andrew Lang, Adventures Among Books

tags: reading

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“You can cover a great deal of country in books. ”
― Andrew Lang

tags: books , scottish , writing

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