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Delphi Collected Works of Andrew Lang and the Complete Fairy Books
As well as editing the famous Fairy Books, Andrew Lang created a diverse oeuvre of short story collections, novels, poetry and a scholarly corpus of essays and non-fiction books. This Delphi edition offers a comprehensive range of Lang’s prolific works, with thousands of beautiful illustrations, as well as the usual bonus the complete Fairy Books, all fully-illustrated with their original Victorian artwork – first time in digital print* special contents table for the Fairy Books* ALL the novels, with contents tables* images of how the books first appeared, giving your Kindle a taste of the Victorian texts* many other short story collections* ARABIAN NIGHTS fully illustrated – first time in digital print* 13 poetry collections, with contents tables* special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry – find that special poem quickly and easily!* features 29 non-fiction books, each with contents tables* includes two biographical essays on Lang – explore the writer’s literary life!* many images relating to Lang’s life and works* scholarly ordering of texts in chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Lang’s immense oeuvre* UPDATED with correct images being displayed throughout the Fairy BooksTHE BLUE FAIRY BOOKTHE RED FAIRY BOOKTHE GREEN FAIRY BOOKTHE YELLOW FAIRY BOOKTHE PINK FAIRY BOOKTHE GREY FAIRY BOOKTHE VIOLET FAIRY BOOKTHE CRIMSON FAIRY BOOKTHE BROWN FAIRY BOOKTHE ORANGE FAIRY BOOKTHE OLIVE FAIRY BOOKTHE LILAC FAIRY BOOKThe Fairy TalesLIST OF THE FAIRY TALES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF THE FAIRY TALES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDEROther Story CollectionsMUCH DARKER DAYSIN THE WRONG PARADISE AND OTHER STORIESHETHE GOLD OF FAIRNILEEPRINCE PRIGIOTHE TRUE STORY BOOKPRINCE RICARDO OF PANTOUFLIAANGLING SKETCHESTHE BOOK OF DREAMS AND GHOSTSARABIAN NIGHTSTHE DISENTANGLERSTHE RED TRUE STORY BOOKTALES OF TROY AND GREECETHE ANIMAL STORY BOOKTHE BOOK OF ROMANCETHE RED ROMANCE BOOKTHE RED BOOK OF HEROES by Mrs. LangTALES OF ROMANCETHE STRANGE STORY BOOK by Mrs. LangThe NovelsTHE MARK OF CAINTHE WORLD’S DESIREPARSON KELLYThe Poetry CollectionsBALLADS, LYRICS, AND POEMS OF OLD FRANCETHE ODYSSEYTHEOCRITUS BION AND MOSCHUSBALLADS IN BLUE CHINAHELEN OF TROYTHE ILIADRHYMES A LA MODEAUCASSIN AND NICOLETEA COLLECTION OF BALLADSGRASS OF PARNASSUSBAN AND ARRIERE BANTHE NURSERY RHYME BOOKNEW COLLECTED RHYMESThe PoetryLIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe Non-FictionOXFORDTHE LIBRARYCUSTOM AND MYTH‘THAT VERY MAB’BOOKS AND BOOKMENLETTERS TO DEAD AUTHORSMYTH, RITUAL AND RELIGIONINTRODUCTION TO POPULAR TALESLETTERS ON LITERATURELOST LEADERSHOW TO FAIL IN LITERATURE; A LECTUREOLD FRIENDS, EPISTOLARY PARODYON THE SUBLIMECOCK LANE AND COMMON-SENSEROBERT F.
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First published June 14, 2012
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About the author
Andrew Lang
2,932 books551 followersTales of the Scottish writer and anthropologist Andrew Lang include
The Blue Fairy Book
(1889).
Andrew Gabriel Lang, a prolific Scotsman of letters, contributed poetry, novels, literary criticism, and collected now best folklore.
The Young Scholar and Journalist
Andrew Gabriel Lang, the son of the town clerk and the eldest of eight children, lived in Selkirk in the Scottish borderlands. The wild and beautiful landscape of childhood greatly affected the youth and inspired a lifelong love of the outdoors and a fascination with local folklore and history. Charles Edward Stuart and Robert I the Bruce surrounded him in the borders, a rich area in history. He later achieved his literary Short History of Scotland .
A gifted student and avid reader, Lang went to the prestigious Saint Andrews University, which now holds a lecture series in his honor every few years, and then to Balliol College, Oxford. He later published Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes about the city in 1880.
Moving to London at the age of 31 years in 1875 as an already published poet, he started working as a journalist. His dry sense of humor, style, and huge array of interests made him a popular editor and columnist quickly for The Daily Post, Time magazine and Fortnightly Review. Whilst working in London, he met and married Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang, his wife.
Interest in myths and folklore continued as he and Leonora traveled through France and Italy to hear local legends, from which came the most famous The Rainbow Fairy Books . In the late 19th century, interest in the native stories declined and very few persons recounting them for young readers. In fact, some educationalists attacked harmful magical stories in general to children. To challenge this notion, Lang first began collecting stories for the first of his colored volumes.
Lang gathered already recorded stories, while other folklorists collected stories directly from source. He used his time to collect a much greater breadth over the world from Jacob Grimm, his brother, Madame d'Aulnoy, and other less well sources.
Lang also worked as the editor, often credited as its sole creator for his work despite the essential support of his wife, who transcribed and organised the translation of the text, to the success.
He published to wide acclaim. The beautiful illustrations and magic captivated the minds of children and adults alike. The success first allowed Lang and Leonora to carry on their research and in 1890 to publish a much larger print run of The Red Fairy Book , which drew on even more sources. Between 1889 and 1910, they published twelve collections, which, each with a different colored binding, collected, edited and translated a total of 437 stories. Lang, credited with reviving interest in folklore, more importantly revolutionized the Victorian view and inspired generations of parents to begin reading them to children once more.
Last Works
Lang produced and at the same time continued a wide assortment of novels, literary criticism, articles, and poetry. As Anita Silvey, literary critic, however, noted, "The irony of Lang's life and work is that although he wrote for a profession... he is best recognized for the works he did not write," the folk stories that he collected.
He finished not the last Highways and Byways of the Border but died.
Andrew Gabriel Lang, a prolific Scotsman of letters, contributed poetry, novels, literary criticism, and collected now best folklore.
The Young Scholar and Journalist
Andrew Gabriel Lang, the son of the town clerk and the eldest of eight children, lived in Selkirk in the Scottish borderlands. The wild and beautiful landscape of childhood greatly affected the youth and inspired a lifelong love of the outdoors and a fascination with local folklore and history. Charles Edward Stuart and Robert I the Bruce surrounded him in the borders, a rich area in history. He later achieved his literary Short History of Scotland .
A gifted student and avid reader, Lang went to the prestigious Saint Andrews University, which now holds a lecture series in his honor every few years, and then to Balliol College, Oxford. He later published Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes about the city in 1880.
Moving to London at the age of 31 years in 1875 as an already published poet, he started working as a journalist. His dry sense of humor, style, and huge array of interests made him a popular editor and columnist quickly for The Daily Post, Time magazine and Fortnightly Review. Whilst working in London, he met and married Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang, his wife.
Interest in myths and folklore continued as he and Leonora traveled through France and Italy to hear local legends, from which came the most famous The Rainbow Fairy Books . In the late 19th century, interest in the native stories declined and very few persons recounting them for young readers. In fact, some educationalists attacked harmful magical stories in general to children. To challenge this notion, Lang first began collecting stories for the first of his colored volumes.
Lang gathered already recorded stories, while other folklorists collected stories directly from source. He used his time to collect a much greater breadth over the world from Jacob Grimm, his brother, Madame d'Aulnoy, and other less well sources.
Lang also worked as the editor, often credited as its sole creator for his work despite the essential support of his wife, who transcribed and organised the translation of the text, to the success.
He published to wide acclaim. The beautiful illustrations and magic captivated the minds of children and adults alike. The success first allowed Lang and Leonora to carry on their research and in 1890 to publish a much larger print run of The Red Fairy Book , which drew on even more sources. Between 1889 and 1910, they published twelve collections, which, each with a different colored binding, collected, edited and translated a total of 437 stories. Lang, credited with reviving interest in folklore, more importantly revolutionized the Victorian view and inspired generations of parents to begin reading them to children once more.
Last Works
Lang produced and at the same time continued a wide assortment of novels, literary criticism, articles, and poetry. As Anita Silvey, literary critic, however, noted, "The irony of Lang's life and work is that although he wrote for a profession... he is best recognized for the works he did not write," the folk stories that he collected.
He finished not the last Highways and Byways of the Border but died.
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March 28, 2021
Beautiful edition that collects all 12 of the coloured fairy books Lang edited, with pictures of the original editions as they appeared when first published, and reproductions of the original illustrations in B&W ink. Worth having on any fairy tale lover's collection! Personally, I liked this edition much better than the individual colour-coded books editions I read first.
April 9, 2024
I gave up on this book after reading all the Fairy Books. The autobiographical stuff is of passing interest, and the annals of the Jacobite Rebellion remarkably detailed, but I'll just look those up if I need to.
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