Andrew Lang

Notable works: The Blue Fairy Book The Red Romance Book The Red Fairy Book

24 written works

About the author

Andrew Lang is an important figure in editing and compiling fairy tales and folk stories, though detailed information about his life is limited in publicly available Chinese sources. Four of his works are included here: The Red Fairy Book and The Blue Fairy Book from his "coloured fairy book" series, as well as The Red Romance Book and Historical Mysteries. These works show that he was skilled at collecting and retelling folk legends and fairy tales from various regions, with clear and fluent narratives, accessible language, and attention to preserving the oral tradition and imaginative quality of the stories. His fairy-tale anthologies have circulated widely and are often classified as inspirational coming-of-age reading, exercising a lasting influence on children's literature and the dissemination of folk tales in the English-speaking world.

Written (24)

The Red Fairy Book cover

The Red Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 2015 This is a beautiful and bewitching collection of fairy tales that will take you to an enchanted, far-away land where anything can happen.

The Blue Fairy Book cover

The Blue Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 2015 Once upon a time there lived a king who was deeply in love with a princess, but she could not marry anyone, because she was under an enchantment. So t…

The Red Romance Book cover

The Red Romance Book Andrew Lang · 2015 Originally published in 1921. Contents include: How William of Palermo was carried off by the Werwolf; The Disenchantment of the Werwolf; The Slaying …

Historical Mysteries cover

Historical Mysteries Andrew Lang · 2015 This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e…

Mogarzea and His Son cover

Mogarzea and His Son Andrew Lang / Mite Kremnitz Dover Publications · 1966 'Mogarzea and His Son' is a Romanian folk tale collected by Mite Kremnitz in Rumänische Märchen (Romanian Fairy Tales) and later retold in English by …

Ballads in Blue China and Verses and Translations cover

Ballads in Blue China and Verses and Translations Andrew Lang Longmans, Green and Co. · 1911 This volume is a poetry collection by the Scottish man of letters Andrew Lang (1844–1912), bringing together two groups of work, Ballades in Blue Chin…

The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories cover

The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories Andrew Lang Longmans, Green, and Company · 1903 This book is a collection of historical mystery studies by the Scottish writer and scholar Andrew Lang (1844–1912), first published in 1903 by Longman…

The Underground Workers cover

The Underground Workers Andrew Lang · 1901 "The Underground Workers" is a folk tale included in The Violet Fairy Book (1901), edited by Andrew Lang, and one of the short pieces in the twelve-vo…

How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water cover

How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water Andrew Lang · 1901 How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water is a folk tale from The Violet Fairy Book (1901), compiled by the Scottish writer Andrew Lang; it r…

Virgilius the Sorcerer cover

Virgilius the Sorcerer Andrew Lang · 1901 "Virgilius the Sorcerer" is an Italian-style folktale selected by the Scottish scholar Andrew Lang for The Violet Fairy Book (1901). Its protagonist i…

The Envious Neighbour cover

The Envious Neighbour Andrew Lang · 1901 "The Envious Neighbour" is a Japanese folk tale, the sixteenth of the thirty-five stories in Andrew Lang's The Violet Fairy Book (1901). It tells of a…

A Tale of the Tontlawald cover

A Tale of the Tontlawald Friedrich Kreutzwald / Andrew Lang · 1901 "A Tale of the Tontlawald" (Estonian: Tontla mets, also rendered "The Wood of Tontla") is an Estonian folk tale collected by the physician and folklor…

Robert F. Murray: His Poems, with a Memoir (The Author of The Scarlet Gown) cover

Robert F. Murray: His Poems, with a Memoir (The Author of The Scarlet Gown) Robert Fuller Murray / Andrew Lang Longmans, Green, and Co. · 1894 This book is the poetry collection Robert F. Murray: His Poems, with a Memoir by the Scottish poet Robert Fuller Murray (1863–1894). Murray was born i…

Letters on Literature cover

Letters on Literature Andrew Lang Longmans, Green and Co. · 1889 Letters on Literature is a collection of critical essays by the British scholar, poet, and folklorist Andrew Lang (1844–1912), published in 1889. The …

Schippeitaro cover

Schippeitaro T. H. James / Andrew Lang · 1888 Schippeitaro (written in Japanese as "Shippeitaro" or "Takehachitaro") is a widely circulated Japanese folk tale about a brave dog and a young warrior…

Grass of Parnassus cover

Grass of Parnassus Andrew Lang Longmans, Green, and Co. · 1888 Grass of Parnassus is a collection of poems by the Scottish man of letters Andrew Lang (1844–1912), subtitled "Rhymes Old and New" and published in 18…

Books and Bookmen cover

Books and Bookmen Andrew Lang Longmans, Green, and Co. · 1887 Books and Bookmen is a collection of essays on "books and people" by the Scottish writer and literary critic Andrew Lang (1844–1912). Most of the piec…

Books and Bookmen cover

Books and Bookmen Andrew Lang · 1886 Books and Bookmen is a collection of essays about books published in 1886 by the Scottish scholar, poet, and folklorist Andrew Lang (1844–1912). The w…

Letters to Dead Authors cover

Letters to Dead Authors Andrew Lang Longmans, Green, and Co. · 1886 Letters to Dead Authors is an epistolary collection of literary essays published in 1886 by the Scottish scholar, poet, and critic Andrew Lang (1844–1…

The Library cover

The Library Andrew Lang / Austin Dobson Macmillan & Co. · 1881 The Library is an essay collection by the Scottish writer, poet and critic Andrew Lang (1844–1912), published in 1881 by Macmillan & Co. of London as …

Publishers

Dover Publications Longmans, Green and Co.Longmans, Green, and Co.Longmans, Green, and Company Macmillan & Co.