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1889–1913. No. of books. 25. The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections of fairy tales also known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or ...
The White Cat (fairy tale) The young prince and the White Cat. Illustration from 1908. The White Cat (French: La Chatte Blanche) is a French literary fairytale written by Madame d'Aulnoy and published in 1698. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book.
The stolen plant was originally parsley (prezzemolo in Italian), as in Rapunzel, but Andrew Lang changed it to a plum and the heroine's name to Prunella. Lang did not name a source for the story. Author Ruth Manning-Sanders adapted the tale in her work A Book of Witches, wherein the witch's son's name was given as "Benvenuto". [4]
Andrew Lang included the story in his 1890 publication The Red Fairy Book. [35] Other versions of the tale also appear in A Book of Witches (1965) by Ruth Manning-Sanders and in Paul O. Zelinsky 's Caldecott Medal-winning picture book, Rapunzel (1997).
Andrew Lang. Andrew Lang FBA (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.
Andrew Lang translated the tale under the title of "Puddocky". In Lang's version, the owner of the parsley garden is a witch who demands that the girl be handed over to her, as in Rapunzel. [5] Gail Carson Levine adapted this story in her children's book For Biddle's Sake. [6]
Grimms' Fairy Tales. " How Six Made Their Way in the World " ( German: Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt, KHM 71) is a Grimms ' fairy tale about an ex-soldier and his five companions with special abilities who through their feats obtain all of the king's wealth. It is classed as ATU type 513 A, or the " Six Go through the Whole World " type.
The tailor provokes the giants. " The Brave Little Tailor " or " The Valiant Little Tailor " or " The Gallant Tailor" (German: Das tapfere Schneiderlein) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 20). "The Brave Little Tailor" is a story of Aarne–Thompson Type 1640, with individual episodes classified in other story types.