The Brown Fairy Book
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The Brown Fairy Book

  1. 388 pages
  2. English
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The Brown Fairy Book

About this book

The Brown Fairy Book contains 32 stories from the American Indians, Australian Bushmen and African Kaffirs, and from Persia, Lapland, Brazil, and India. This charming early work, first published in 1904, is the ninth book in a series of twelve 'coloured' fairy books by Andrew Lang. The Brown Fairy Book – By Andrew Lang with Illustrations by H. J. Ford contains many traditional fairy tales such as 'Father Grumbler', 'The Cunning Hare', 'The Wicked Wolverine', 'The Elf Maiden', 'The Enchanted Head', 'Kisa the Cat', 'Which was the Foolishest?', 'The Sister of the Sun' and many more. Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist and literary critic, with a passion for folkloric story telling. Most of his volumes (including this, 'The Brown Fairy Book') were beautifully illustrated by Henry J. Ford (1860 – 1941), an inordinately talented artist who came to public attention with his illustrations for Lang. The books captured the imagination of British children, and later became worldwide bestsellers in the 1880s and 1890s. This Brown Fairy Book forms part of Andrew Lang's 'Coloured' Fairy Books series – a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910. Each volume is distinguished by its own colour, and all in all, 437 tales from a wide array of cultures and countries are presented.

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Information

Publisher
Pook Press
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781447418054
eBook ISBN
9781528782326
Subtopic
Classics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. The Golden Age of Illustration
  4. Andrew Lang
  5. H. J. Ford
  6. Title
  7. Dedication
  8. Preface
  9. Contents
  10. Illustrations
  11. What the Rose did to the Cypress
  12. Ball-Carrier and the Bad One
  13. How Ball-Carrier finished his Task
  14. The Bunyip
  15. Father Grumbler
  16. The Story of the Yara
  17. The Cunning Hare
  18. The Turtle and his Bride
  19. How Geirald the Coward was Punished
  20. Hábogi
  21. How the Little Brother set Free his Big Brothers
  22. The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé
  23. The Wicked Wolverine
  24. The Husband of the Rat’s Daughter
  25. The Mermaid and the Boy
  26. Pivi and Kabo
  27. The Elf Maiden
  28. How Some Wild Animals became Tame Ones
  29. Fortune and the Wood-Cutter
  30. The Enchanted Head
  31. The Sister of the Sun
  32. The Prince and the Three Fates
  33. The Fox and the Lapp
  34. Kisa the Cat
  35. The Lion and the Cat
  36. Which was the Foolishest?
  37. Asmund and Signy
  38. Rübezahl
  39. Story of the King who would be Stronger than Fate
  40. Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-hearted
  41. Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey
  42. The Knights of the Fish