The Violet Fairy Book - Illustrated by H. J. Ford (eBook)

Andrew Lang (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
426 Seiten
Read Books Ltd. (Verlag)
978-1-5287-8281-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This charming early work, first published in 1901, is the seventh book in a series of twelve 'coloured' fairy books published by Andrew Lang. The 35 stories in this volume have been collected from Russia, Romania, Lithuania, Japan, Serbia, Africa, Portugal and others.

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‘The Violet Fairy Book – Illustrated by H. J. Ford’ forms part of Andrew Lang’s ‘Coloured’ Fairy Books series –- a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910. Each volume is distinguished by its own colour, and all in all, 437 tales from a wide array of cultures and countries are presented. Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist and literary critic, with a passion for folkloric story telling.

Most of his volumes (including this, ‘The Violet Fairy Book’) were beautifully illustrated by Henry J. Ford (1860 – 1941), an inordinately talented artist who came to public attention with his illustrations for Lang. The books captured the imagination of British children, and later became worldwide bestsellers in the 1880s and 1890s. This ‘Violet Book’ contains many traditional fairy tales such as 'The Finest Liar in the World', 'The Lute Player', The Two Frogs', The History of Dwarf Long Nose', 'The Monkey and the Jellyfish', 'The Boys with the Golden Stars', 'Virgilius the Sorcerer', 'Morgarzea and his son' and many more.

Pook Press celebrates the great ‘Golden Age of Illustration‘ in children’s classics and fairy tales – a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration. We publish rare and vintage Golden Age illustrated books, in high-quality colour editions, so that the masterful artwork and story-telling can continue to delight both young and old.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.1.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Andrew Lang's Fairy Books
• Reihe/Serie: Andrew Lang's Fairy Books
• Illustrationen: H. J. Ford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Schlagworte: classic fairy tales • coloured fairy books • fairy tale collections • Illustrated Fairy Tales • lang fairy books
• ISBN-10: 1-5287-8281-X / 152878281X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5287-8281-4 / 9781528782814