The Violet Fairy Book - Paperback

by Andrew Lang (Author)

From the day that they were first printed, the Lang fairy tale books of many colors have entertained thousands of boys and girls as well as their parents. In THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK, we hear strange and exotic tales from the far corners of the earth, but they are told in the common language of the fairy tale, familiar to children and grownups alike. An unabridged republication of a 1901 first edition. 33 plates. 33 illustrations.

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Roumania, Japan, Serbia, Lithuania, Africa, Portugal, and Russia are among the sources of these 35 stories that tell of a haunted forest, chests of gold coins, a magical dog, and a man who outwits a dragon. Perhaps the best English versions available of these classic stories. 74 illustrations.