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Title

The crimson fairy book / edited by Andrew Lang ; with an introduction by Carol Ann Duffy ; paintings & decorations by Tim Stevens.

Publication

London : Folio Society, c2011, c1903.

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Additional Authors

• Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
• Lang, Mrs.
• Stevens, Tim.

Description

xviii, 292 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.

Subject

Tales

Note

• Includes translations from various languages.
• "The stories have mainly been adapted or translated by Mrs Lang, a few by Miss Lang and Miss Blackley."-- Pref.
• Repr. with minor emendations, with new introd. and ill. Originally published: S.l. : Longmans, Green, 1903.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Lovely Ilonka -- Lucky luck -- The hairy man -- To your good health! -- The story of the seven Simons -- The language of beasts -- The boy who could keep a secret -- The prince and the dragon -- Little wildrose -- Tiidu the piper -- Paperarello -- The gifts of the magician -- The strong prince -- The treasure seeker -- The cottager and his cat -- The prince who would seek immortality -- The stone-cutter -- The gold-bearded man -- Tritill, Litill and the birds -- The three robes -- The six hungry beasts -- How the begger boy turned into Count Piro -- The rogue and the herdsman -- Eisenkopf -- The death of Abu Nowas and of his wife -- Motikatika -- Niels and the giants -- Shepherd Paul -- How the wicked Tanuki was punished -- The crab and the monkey -- The hrose Gullfaxi and the sword Gunnfjöder -- The story of the sham prince, or the ambitious tailor -- The colony of cats -- How to find out a true friend -- Clever Maria -- The magic kettle.

OCLC

• 806487159
• SCSB-12727798

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library