The Andrew Lang Fairy Books: Complete Collection (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Victorian Anthology of World Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends, and Enchanted AdventuresBy Andrew Lang
Length133h 53m
About this audiobook
The Andrew Lang Fairy Books: Complete Collection gathers the celebrated twelve-colour series—Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, and onward—into a vast anthology of wonder tales drawn from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Its pages contain princesses, ogres, enchanted animals, quests, taboos, and transformations rendered in lucid Victorian prose. Though often adapted for children, the collection belongs to the nineteenth-century folkloric movement, standing beside Grimm, Perrault, and the comparative mythographers in its ambition to preserve and arrange oral tradition for a literary readership. Andrew Lang, Scottish poet, classicist, critic, anthropologist, and indefatigable man of letters, was uniquely placed to undertake such a project. His training in classics and mythology, his interest in anthropology and comparative religion, and his editorial command of popular narrative all shaped the series. Working with translators and collaborators, notably his wife Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang, he transformed dispersed folk materials into accessible books that helped define modern fairy-tale reading. This complete collection is recommended to readers seeking both enchantment and cultural breadth. It rewards children, scholars, writers, and lovers of myth with a panoramic archive of narrative imagination.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature
Length133 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 13, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK
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6THE BRONZE RING
7PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS
8EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON
9THE YELLOW DWARF
10LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
11THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD
12CINDERELLA, OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER
13ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP
14THE TALE OF A YOUTH WHO SET OUT TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS
15RUMPELSTILTZKIN
16BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
17THE MASTER-MAID
18WHY THE SEA IS SALT
19THE MASTER CAT; OR, PUSS IN BOOTS
20FELICIA AND THE POT OF PINKS
21THE WHITE CAT
22THE WATER-LILY. THE GOLD-SPINNERS
23THE TERRIBLE HEAD
24THE STORY OF PRETTY GOLDILOCKS
25THE HISTORY OF WHITTINGTON
26THE WONDERFUL SHEEP
27LITTLE THUMB
28THE FORTY THIEVES
29HANSEL AND GRETTEL
30SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
31THE GOOSE-GIRL
32TOADS AND DIAMONDS
33PRINCE DARLING
34BLUE BEARD
35TRUSTY JOHN
36THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR
37A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT
38THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL
39THE STORY OF PRINCE AHMED AND THE FAIRY PARIBANOU
40THE HISTORY OF JACK THE GIANT-KILLER
41THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY
42THE RED ETIN
43THE RED FAIRY BOOK
44PREFACE
45THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES
46THE PRINCESS MAYBLOSSOM
47SORIA MORIA CASTLE
48THE DEATH OF KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS
49THE BLACK THIEF AND KNIGHT OF THE GLEN.
50THE MASTER THIEF
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