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Violet Fairy Book.
Title:
Violet Fairy Book.
Author:
Lang, Andrew.
ISBN:
9781775567714
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (516 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Contents -- Preface -- 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 -- Endnotes.
Abstract:
The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by Lang's wife and other translators who also retold many of the tales. The collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source the stories himself direct from the oral tradition he can make claim to the...
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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