The Red Fairy Book
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 1996-05-01 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #540 |
Description
"The Red Fairy Book" by Andrew Lang is a fairy tale collection published in 1890. The second volume in Lang's renowned Coloured Fairy Books series, it brings together enchanting stories from French, Russian, Danish, and Romanian traditions, along with tales from Norse mythology. Edited by Andrew Lang with significant contributions from his wife Leonora Blanche Lang, this collection continued the series' mission to preserve traditional fairy tales for young readers during an era when such stories faced criticism for their fantastical nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)