Andrew Lang: 948 books

Enter an enchanted world of kings and castles, heroes and damsels, fairies and dragons, magicians and giants. This collection thrills with nineteen classic romances—old-fashioned stories of high adventure spun from folk tales and sprinkled with history. These are the timeless tales of brave and...

Andrew Lang draws on his classical learning to recount the Homeric legend of the wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. Paris, Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, the Amazons and the Wooden Horse all figure in this magical introduction to one of the greatest legends ever told. Also included...

Andrew Lang was a Scottish prolific author, mostly known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. “The Blue Parrot” is a French fairy tale entered in “The Olive Fairy Book”, that was published in 1907. The story tells about the king of Arabia, named Lino, who is the young wise ruler. The...

ONCE upon a time, when Fairies were much more common than they are now, there lived a King and a Queen. Their country was close to Fairy Land, and very often the little Elves would cross over the border, and come into the King’s fields and gardens. The girl-fairies would swing out of the bells of...

Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang.

Classic verse. According to Wikipedia: "Andrew Lang (March 31, 1844, Selkirk - July 20, 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales."

Andrew Lang was a Scottish prolific author, mostly known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.  “The Snuff-Box” is a tale, entered in “The Green Fairy Book” collection. The story is about one youth, who once finds the magic snuff-box, which can grant any wish. So, the young man desires...

Classic collection of essays, including: Of Modern English Poetry, Of Modern English Poetry, Fielding, Longfellow, A Friend of Keats, On Virgil, Aucassin and Nicolette, Plotinus (A.D. 200-262), Lucretius, To a Young American Book-Hunter, Rochefoucauld, Of Vers de Societe, On Vers de Societe, Richardson,...

Andrew Lang was a Scottish writer best known for collecting folklore, legends, and fairy tales and making a compendium of them to celebrate ethnic heritage.

Andrew Lang was a Scottish writer best known for collecting folklore, legends, and fairy tales and making a compendium of them to celebrate ethnic heritage.

Andrew Lang was a Scottish prolific author, mostly known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.  “The Story Of The Fair Circassians” is a short story, entered in “The Grey Fairy Book” collection. Narrated by first person, this tale is about two young and so beautiful circassians, named...

Andrew Lang was a Scottish prolific author, mostly known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. “Madschun" is a Turkish fairy tale entered in “The Olive Fairy Book”, that was published in 1907. There lives a young man who, even from childhood, has had no hair. One day, he sees the Sultan's...

"...The foul and foggy night of early February was descending, some weeks after the scene in the Cockpit, on the river and the town. Night was falling from the heavens; or rather, night seemed to be rising from the earth—steamed up, black, from the dingy trampled snow of the streets, and from...

"Cock Lane and Common-Sense" from Andrew Lang. Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology (1844-1912).