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The Brown Fairy Book (Coloured Fairy Books)
by
Andrew Lang
32 less familiar folk tales from the American Indians, Australian Bushmen, African Kaffirs, and from Persia, Lapland, Brazil, and India. Different enough to capture all imaginations. 50 illustrations.
Paperback, 350 pages
Published
June 1st 1965
by Dover Publications
(first published 1904)
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I adore fairy tales, and I could go on for hours about them, so I will attempt to be brief.
I definitely liked this book, perhaps better than some of Lang's other Fairy books. This is probably due to the fact that in almost every single one of them, there was someone who actually had brains!!!!! It was an exciting discovery, and if you've read many fairy tales in their original forms, you know what I mean. The girls especially seem to need help, but occasionally, (and this is especially true once...more
I definitely liked this book, perhaps better than some of Lang's other Fairy books. This is probably due to the fact that in almost every single one of them, there was someone who actually had brains!!!!! It was an exciting discovery, and if you've read many fairy tales in their original forms, you know what I mean. The girls especially seem to need help, but occasionally, (and this is especially true once...more
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My mother had a whole shelf of the (color) fairy books. I remember there was a violet one, and a blue one...
This one goes the furthest afield, dealing with folktales from many different peoples, and it was the one that impressed me the most. I particularly like the story of the bunyip.
Those who are sensitive to such things (probably most of us, by now) will find the Preface offensive and patronizing. I very much doubt whether Aboriginal children, for example, would prefer to take their chances w...more
This one goes the furthest afield, dealing with folktales from many different peoples, and it was the one that impressed me the most. I particularly like the story of the bunyip.
Those who are sensitive to such things (probably most of us, by now) will find the Preface offensive and patronizing. I very much doubt whether Aboriginal children, for example, would prefer to take their chances w...more
I liked this book! It had quite a few different fairy tales from areas relatively unheard-of in fairy tales.
The ones I liked:
- The Bunyip
- The Story of the Yara
- The Turtle and his Bride
- How Geitald the Coward Was Punished
- Habogi
- The Husband of the Rat's Daughter
- The Enchanted Head
- The Prince and the Three Fates
- Stronger Than Fate
- The Story of Wali Dad the Simple-Hearted (Absolutely awesome)
- The Knights of Fish
The ones I liked:
- The Bunyip
- The Story of the Yara
- The Turtle and his Bride
- How Geitald the Coward Was Punished
- Habogi
- The Husband of the Rat's Daughter
- The Enchanted Head
- The Prince and the Three Fates
- Stronger Than Fate
- The Story of Wali Dad the Simple-Hearted (Absolutely awesome)
- The Knights of Fish
I am struck, as I often am when reading fairy tales that are collected from all over the world at the similarities in the stories. These stories seem to be a part of what it means to be human.
On to The Orange Fairy Book!
On to The Orange Fairy Book!
I read these as a kid, and I could swear that I read more than two of them (I loved them because they had fairies in them), but now I can't remember a dang thing that happened in any of them, so they only get 3 stars.
Really enjoyed this collection of fairy tales from a variety of cultures around the world.
fantastic fairy tales with kick-ass illustrations.
Coklat.. 1904
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finally! and i used to chew through these when i was 7 or 8. as an adult what strikes me is the sheer messiness of structure of most of the stories. i gather this is a later collection so maybe lang had run out of the more obvious stories?
[no stars because it wasn't really a question of enjoyment or quality - they are what they are, and lang was what he was:]
[no stars because it wasn't really a question of enjoyment or quality - they are what they are, and lang was what he was:]
Absolutely loved this book as a child. Have very pleasant memories of being curled up comforably lost in its stories. It also definitely increased my desire to read more stories and histories of other countries.
These volumes helped to shape my dreams that I had of being a knight-hero :D
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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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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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