Originally published in 1900, The Grey Fairy Book ushered in a new collection of timeless stories from diverse authors with large followings across the globe. Andrew Lang presents an elite selection of moral and ethics-based tales. Author Andrew Lang’s The Grey Fairy Book is a compilation of 30-plus stories from around the world. It’s a colorful display of morality tales featuring dwarfs, magicians and monsters. The book consists of popular children’s stories such as ‘Donkey Skin, ‘ ‘The Story of Bensurdatu, ‘ ‘The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch’ and ‘Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye, or the Limping Fox.’ Lang delivers each tale with his signature prose and an easy-to-read format. The Grey Fairy Book stems from a long line of oral and written traditions. It contains stories that have survived years of social and political change. For more than a century, Lang’s collections have sustained these histories to become staples within children’s literature. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Grey Fairy Book is both modern and readable.
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Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish editor, poet, author, literary critic, and historian. He is best known for his work regarding folklore, mythology, and religion, for which he had an extreme interest in. Lang was a skilled and respected historian, writing in great detail and exploring obscure topics. Lang often combined his studies of history and anthropology with literature, creating works rich with diverse culture. He married Leonora Blanche Alleyne in 1875. With her help, Lang published a prolific amount of work, including his popular series, Rainbow Fairy Books.Thêm sách điện tử từ cùng một tác giả / Biên tập viên
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