The Blue Fairy Book
Illustrated by Henry Ford
9781398860964
352 pages
Arcturus Publishing Limited
Overview
The Blue Fairy Book was the first in a series of collections of fairy and folk tales brought together by the prolific Scottish novelist, poet and editor, Andrew Lang, and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. Charmingly illustrated with the drawings of Henry Justice Ford, the fairy tales were selected from a variety of provenances, including the work of the Brothers Grimm and the French writer Madame d'Aulnoy as well as the Tales of the Arabian Nights and various other sources from across Scandinavia and Europe. Readers may recognize some stories, such as "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood" and "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," but others like "The Goose-girl" and "The Black Bull of Norraway" may be less familiar. Each of them will transport the reader to a magical world full of charismatic characters and their thrilling, escapades.
Author Bio
Andrew Lang was a prolific collector of folk and fairytales as well as being a poet, novelist and critic. Born in Scotland, he was educated at the Universities of St Andrews and Oxford. Best known for his 'Fairy Books', which each included a colour in their titles, he also collaborated on translations of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey and produced popular biographies of historical figures, such as Sir Walter Scott, plus other collections of stories for children. Alongside his writing, Lang took a strong interest in anthropology, psychic research and spiritualism, but his versatility as a writer earned him his reputation as one of the 19th and early 20th centuries' best-loved storytellers.
