The Rainbow Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang
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The best single-volume collection of Lang's fairy tale classics available, The Rainbow Fairy Book includes "Hansel and Gretel," "Rapunzel," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "The Prince and the Dragon," "Rumpelstiltskin," "The Three Little Pigs," "Snow-White and Rose-Red," and other enduring fables of childhood. Lyrical and timeless, these are the stories that have captured the imaginations of children and adults alike for generations.
Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish editor, poet, author, literary critic, and historian. He is best known for his work regarding folklore, mythology, and religion, for which he had an extreme interest in. Lang was a skilled and respected historian, writing in great detail and exploring obscure topics. Lang often combined his studies of history and anthropology with literature, creating works rich with diverse culture. He married Leonora Blanche Alleyne in 1875. With her help, Lang published a prolific amount of work, including his popular series, Rainbow Fairy Books.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The original compilation of traditional stories started in 1890 with The Red Fairy Book. The Rainbow Fairy Book is a compilation of stories from The Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Pink, Grey, Crimson, Olive and Lilac Fairy books, published from 1890 – 1910. The book is a collection of traditional tales from Hansel and Gretel and Rumpelstiltskin to the lesser know The Story of the Seven Simons and Niels and the Giants. On shortfall of The Rainbow Fairy book is that it does not indicate where each story originated, as in the original compilations, nor does it contain the woodcut illustrations and simple sketches as in the original. After reading the Rainbow Fairy version, I checked out the Pink Fairy book and found a wealth of interesting, entertaining and thought-provoking tales that, without Lang's compilations, might not have been shared outside their original culture. It contains stories from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson as well as several tales translated from Japanese, Slavic, Swedish, Danish and French. The Pink Fairy Book is a treasure in and of itself – and the Rainbow Fairy Book takes 31 of the most popular stories from 20 years of Lang's work and puts them all in one easy to read anthology.