CONTENTS: SNEGOROTCHKA:A Russian Fairy Tale 1THE BURIED MOON:An English Fairy Tale 7WHITE CAROLINE AND BLACK CAROLINE:A Flemish Fairy Tale 15THE SEVEN CONQUERORS OF THE QUEEN OF THE MISSISSIPPI:A Belgian Fairy Tale 23THE SERPENT PRINCE:An Italian Fairy Tale 31A French Fairy Tale 45IVAN AND THE CHESTNUT HORSE:A Russian Fairy Tale 63THE QUEEN OF THE MANY-COLOURED BEDCHAMBER:An Irish Fairy Tale 73THE BLUE BIRD:A French Fairy Tale 81BASHTCHELIK (OR, REAL STEEL):A Serbian Fairy Tale 95THE FRIAR AND THE BOY:An English Fairy Tale 119THE GREEN SERPENT:A French Fairy Tale 129URASHIMA TARO:A Japanese Fairy Tale 145THE FIRE BIRD:A Russian Fairy Tale 159THE STORY OF THE BIRD FENG:A Chinese Fairy Tale 171

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Collection of classic fairy tales. According to Wikipedia: “Andrew Lang (March 31, 1844, Selkirk – July 20, 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales.” The active (hyperlinked) table of contents links to each individual story.

About the Author

Andrew Lang was one of the most famous literary critics around 1900. He also edited a series of children’s fable books that preserved and illustrated a host of tales which are still used extensively today.

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CONTENTS: SNEGOROTCHKA:A Russian Fairy Tale 1THE BURIED MOON:An English Fairy Tale 7WHITE CAROLINE AND BLACK CAROLINE:A Flemish Fairy Tale 15THE SEVEN CONQUERORS OF THE QUEEN OF THE MISSISSIPPI:A Belgian Fairy Tale 23THE SERPENT PRINCE:An Italian Fairy Tale 31A French Fairy Tale 45IVAN AND THE CHESTNUT HORSE:A Russian Fairy Tale 63THE QUEEN OF THE MANY-COLOURED BEDCHAMBER:An Irish Fairy Tale 73THE BLUE BIRD:A French Fairy Tale 81BASHTCHELIK (OR, REAL STEEL):A Serbian Fairy Tale 95THE FRIAR AND THE BOY:An English Fairy Tale 119THE GREEN SERPENT:A French Fairy Tale 129URASHIMA TARO:A Japanese Fairy Tale 145THE FIRE BIRD:A Russian Fairy Tale 159THE STORY OF THE BIRD FENG:A Chinese Fairy Tale 171

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This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features the table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display. ************ Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books or Andrew Lang’s “Coloured” Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had collected them originally (with the notable exception of Madame d’Aulnoy), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language sources, giving many of these tales their first appearance in English. As acknowledged in the prefaces, although Lang himself made most of the selections, his wife and other t (more…)

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About the Author

Andrew Lang was one of the most famous literary critics around 1900. He also edited a series of children’s fable books that preserved and illustrated a host of tales which are still used extensively today.

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