The Violet Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
Paperback
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, April 26, 2017)
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections of fairy tales, known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book. Roumania, Japan, Serbia, Lithuania, Africa, Portugal, and Russia are among the sources of these 35 stories from The Violet Fairy Book that tell of a haunted forest, chests of gold coins, a magical dog, and a man who outwits a dragon. Stories Included Within This Book: A Tale Of the Tontlawald The Finest Liar in the World The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars Schippeitaro The Three Princes and their Beasts The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples The Lute Player The Grateful Prince The Child who came from an Egg Stan Bolovan The Two Frogs The Story of a Gazelle How a Fish swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water Two in a Sack The Envious Neighbour The Fairy of the Dawn The Enchanted Knife Jesper Who Herded the Hares The Underground Workers The History of Dwarf Long Nose The Nunda, Eater of People The Story of Hassebu The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet The Monkey and the Jelly-fish The Headless Dwarfs The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened The Boys with the Golden Stars The Frog The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground The Girl Who Pretended to be a Boy The Story of Halfman The Prince Who Wanted to See the World Virgilius the Sorcerer Mogarzea and his Son