The authorship and translation of the Coloured Fairy Books is often and incorrectly attributed to Andrew Lang alone. he is best recognized for the works he did not write." Known to her family and friends as Nora, she assumed editorial control of the series in the 1890s, while her husband, Andrew Lang (1844–1912), a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic, edited the series and wrote prefaces for its entire run.Īccording to Anita Silvey, "The irony of Lang's life and work is that although he wrote for a profession-literary criticism fiction poems books and articles on anthropology, mythology, history, and travel. Leonora Blanche Alleyne (1851–1933) was an English author, editor, and translator. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections of fairy tales also known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 18 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. Rumpelstiltskin from The Blue Fairy Book, illustrated by Henry J.
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