The Yellow Fairy Book, Andrew Lang
The Yellow Fairy Book, Andrew Lang
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The Yellow Fairy Book

Author: Andrew Lang

Narrator: Julia Ginn, David Medlow

Unabridged: 8 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/11/2020

Synopsis

The fourth installment of Andrew Lang's widely read classics, The Yellow Fairy Book has been admired time and time again, enchanting readers with its carefully crafted prose and eclectic assortment of fairy tales. Originally published in 1894, this collection of celebrated tales has stood the test of time.

About Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang (1844–1912), Scottish man of letters educated at the Edinburgh Academy, St. Andrews, and Balliol College, Oxford, became a prolific and versatile London journalist. He took a leading part in the controversy with Max Müller and his school about the interpretation of mythology and folk tales. He published several volumes of verse and several solid contributions to the study of the philosophy and religion of primitive man. He also wrote the four-volume History of Scotland, A History of English Literature, and many fairy-tale collections, as well as works on Homer, Joan of Arc, Scott, Lockhart, Mary Stuart, John Knox, Prince Charlie, Tennyson, and others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy on October 23, 2017

If fairy stories can't get a five-star rating then what is our standard? Five stars to Andrew Lang and his magnificent collection of colored fairy stories. This Yellow one is one of my favorites. Real fairy stories with real consequences.......more

Goodreads review by Hiba⁷ on April 07, 2018

Haven't quite enjoyed it as much as the previous tomes, I've considered some stories to be a bit vulgar to be read to kids.......more

Goodreads review by Bev on August 05, 2018

I grew up with a copy of Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book. I loved that hardback edition of fairy tales. I read it and reread it and reread it. At that time, I had no idea that there were a whole set of color fairy tales to be had. But I had such fond memories of it that when I spied a modern editi......more

Goodreads review by Manuel on March 11, 2025

ENGLISH: 48 fairy tales: 10 by Andersen; 6 by the Grimm Brothers; 2 German; 4 French; 3 Icelandic; 15 from Eastern Europe; 2 Greek; 3 from the North American Indians. The other 3 are from uncertain origin. The Eastern European tales are from Russia (4), Estonia (1), Bukovina (5), Hungary (2), and Po......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on March 21, 2018

I feel like I saw pretty much the same thing in all my reviews for these books but it was enjoyable. Some were boring and other were good.......more

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