The Blue Fairy Book (audio)

by Andrew Lang

Publisher:

Head Stories Audio

, 2024

Overview

Andrew Lang (1844–1912) in collaboration with his wife Leonora Blanche Alleyne (1851-1933) published The Blue Fairy Book in 1889 and it was to become the first of a series of twenty five collections of fantastical tales from around the world, ending with “The Strange Story Book” published in 1923. In this first collection we find many of the traditional favourites from the “Fairy Tale” world, including amongst others “Goldilocks”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” “Rumpelstiltskin” and “Jack the Giant Killer”. While many of these have some vestige of the narrative we may be accustomed to through many sanitised adaptations, there are many surprises.

Product Details

• Title: The Blue Fairy Book (audio)
• Author: Andrew Lang
• Publisher: Head Stories Audio
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Audio
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction › Fairy Tales & Folklore--General; Juvenile Fiction › Legends, Myths, Fables--General; Juvenile Fiction › Fantasy & Magic; Fantasy & Magic › Farm Life see Lifestyles--Farm & Ranch Life; Farm Life See Lifestyles › Farm & Ranch Life--Folklore see headings under Fairy Tales & Folklore; Folklore See Headings Under Fairy Tales & Folklore › Games see Sports & Recreation--Games
• ISBNs: 9781669694427, 1669694429
• Resource ID: LLS:9781669694427
• Resource Type: Media
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-01-24T23:51:59Z

About Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish scholar and writer, best known for his folklore and mythological tales. After college, he moved to London and began working as a journalist. He began collecting fairytales and folklore stories for his first collection, The Blue Fairy Book. The Fairy Books contained hundreds of pages of folklore stories, which Lang edited while his wife helped translate. Receiving acclaim, the books totaled in 427 stories combined in twelve collections. Lang also produced his own original writing, including novels, literary criticism, and poetry, but his work did not attain the same literary recognition.