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The blue fairy book / edited by Andrew Lang.

[1st Hesperus ed.].

London : Hesperus Minor, 2013.

373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

The first in a series of 12 fairy tale anthologies beloved of children in the nineteenth century. Andrew Lang collected stories from communities and traditions all over the world for his fairy books: from the Arabian Nights, China, and the Brothers Grimm. Many of the tales were translated into English for the first time for these anthologies, from languages as far afield as Russian, Norse, and Japanese. Republished here with the original illustrations.

Fairy tales.

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, editor.

Originally published 1890.

The Bronze ring -- Prince Hyacinth and the dear little princess -- East of the sun and west of the moon -- The Yellow dwarf -- Little Red Riding Hood -- The Sleeping beauty in the wood -- Cinderella, or, the little glass slipper -- Aladdin and the wonderful lamp -- The Tale of a youth who set out to learn what fear was -- Rumpelstiltzkin -- Beauty and the beast -- The Master-maid -- Why the sea is salt -- The master-cat, or Puss in boots -- Felicia and the pot of pinks -- The White cat -- The Water-lily. The gold-spinners -- The Terrible head -- The Story of pretty Goldilocks -- The History of Whittington -- The Wonderful sheep -- Hop o' my thumb (Little Thumb) -- The forty thieves -- Hansel and Grettel -- Snow-White and Rose-Red -- The Goose-girl -- Toads and diamonds -- Prince Darling -- Blue Beard -- Trusty John -- The Brave little tailor -- A Voyage to Lilliput -- The Princess on the glass hill -- The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou -- The History of Jack the giant-killer -- The Black bull of Norroway -- The Red Etin.

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