| Author: | Andrew Lang | ISBN: | 1230000458580 |
| Publisher: | Media Galaxy | Publication: | May 29, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Andrew Lang |
| ISBN: | 1230000458580 |
| Publisher: | Media Galaxy |
| Publication: | May 29, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang was also a prolific author of fiction works; he wrote his own fairy tales such as Prince Prigio (1889) and Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia (1893), and wrote numerous historical texts. Andrew Lang was great friends with Robert Louis Stevenson and H. Rider Haggard, with whom he wrote The World's Desire (1890). Preferring romance over realism, he admired their works as well as those of Alexandre Dumas Père, Henry Fielding, William Makepeace Thackeray, fellow Scot Robert Burns and many others. Once upon a time in a certain kingdom were king and queen. They had a little daughter called Placida. King and queen invited a fairy for a christening of their child. The fairy advised to them to adopt the orphan child called Vivien. The king’s family lived happily. But few years later Vivien took a horse and leaved the kingdom. Nobody knew what happened with young prince… Where did he go? What happened next? Read the story till the end to know!
Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang was also a prolific author of fiction works; he wrote his own fairy tales such as Prince Prigio (1889) and Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia (1893), and wrote numerous historical texts. Andrew Lang was great friends with Robert Louis Stevenson and H. Rider Haggard, with whom he wrote The World's Desire (1890). Preferring romance over realism, he admired their works as well as those of Alexandre Dumas Père, Henry Fielding, William Makepeace Thackeray, fellow Scot Robert Burns and many others. Once upon a time in a certain kingdom were king and queen. They had a little daughter called Placida. King and queen invited a fairy for a christening of their child. The fairy advised to them to adopt the orphan child called Vivien. The king’s family lived happily. But few years later Vivien took a horse and leaved the kingdom. Nobody knew what happened with young prince… Where did he go? What happened next? Read the story till the end to know!
