Andrew Lang
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| Original Title: | The Blue Fairy Book |
| ISBN: | 0486214370 (ISBN13: 9780486214375) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Coloured Fairy Books #1 |
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The Blue Fairy Book was the first volume in the series and so it contains some of the best known tales, taken from a variety of sources: not only from Grimm, but exciting adventures by Charles Perrault and Madame D'Aulnoy, the Arabian Nights, and other stories from popular traditions. Here in one attractive paperbound volume - with enlarged print - are Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltzkin, Beauty and the Beast, Hansel and Gretel, Puss in Boots, Trusty John, Jack and the Giantkiller, Goldilocks, and many other favorites that have become an indispensable part of our culture heritage.All in all, this collection contains 37 stories, all arranged in the clear, lively prose for which Lang was famous. Not only are Lang's generally conceded to be the best English versions of standard stories, his collections are the richest and widest in range. His position as one of England's foremost folklorists as well as his first-rate literary abilities makes his collection invaluable in the English language.
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| Title | : | The Blue Fairy Book (Coloured Fairy Books #1) |
| Author | : | Andrew Lang |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Dover |
| Pages | : | Pages: 390 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 1965 by Dover Publications (first published 1889) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Classics. Fairy Tales. Fiction. Childrens. Short Stories |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 8799 Users | 328 ReviewsJudgment About Books The Blue Fairy Book (Coloured Fairy Books #1)
From the famed The Blue Fairy Book, I learned that:1. If you are a girl, and you are "beautiful", so amazingly pretty that sometimes, there are just no words to describe you, you might just survive whatever is coming at you next, because2. The villains can never defeat the good, because someway or other, there will always, out of the blue, and completely deus ex machina-like, pop out these magical items that might just save the beautiful girl's ass(oops, I mean, her cute behind). 3. You justI reread this book that I read many years ago. There is a selection of some of the best known fairytales as well as more rare ones, all in their ORIGINAL versions which is NOT the same as the saccharine sweet clean-up Disney-ized versions. If you want to read the real deal, try out this book of the original stories the way they were meant to be read.
The stories in this collection have an amazing range, and Lang is good enough to cite his source for almost all of his tales. There are 37 stories total, including six selections from Grimm, five from Perrault, a couple Scots tales (in dialect, sort of), a few British traditionals, three from the Arabian Nights, the part of Gulliver's Travels about Lilliput, and a full retelling of the Perseus myth with different names. It's almost overwhelming.A few of them are really unique ones.The History of
A wonderful collection of fairy tales from around the world. Many of these are gruesome, however, the gruesomeness is never pretended to be good. In fairy tales, good is good and evil is evil; there is no confusion. Keep in mind what Chesterton said as well, Fairy tales are more than true not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten.
As I read this book, I kept thinking, "I would have loved these fairytales so much when I was between 5 and 10 years old!". Back then, I read every single fairy story I could get my hands on; before I could read I made my mom and brothers read them to me. For some reason, I've always been fascinated with them (Yup, still am XD). Now that I'm older and reading an entire collection like this, I noticed several patterns emerging.(1) Original fairytales are GORY! If you want a dark fairytale, don't
This first book in the Fairy Book series features some of the Western world's best-known stories, from "Cinderella" to "Puss-In-Boots". As in The Red Fairy Book, there are illustrations by H.J. Ford and another artist: in this case, G.P. Jacomb Hood. I enjoyed the illustrations of both, though at this early point it seems like Ford's style was not yet as strong and distinctive as it would later become. Still, the pictures are a great complement to the stories. And as for the tales themselves,
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