| Author: | Andrew Lang | ISBN: | 1230000800686 |
| Publisher: | Media Galaxy | Publication: | November 23, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Andrew Lang |
| ISBN: | 1230000800686 |
| Publisher: | Media Galaxy |
| Publication: | November 23, 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. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was also a prolific author of works both fiction and non; he wrote his own fairy tales such as Prince Prigio and Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia, and wrote numerous historical texts.
The plot of this story goes around a poor lonely woman who one day goes to the river to get some water and to bathe. There she makes a wish to die to suffer from the hardships of life no more. She wishes a snake to bite her but instead of snake she sees a beautiful necklace. The woman goes to the king to show him the necklace and the king feels the wish to own it the very moment he sees it.
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. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was also a prolific author of works both fiction and non; he wrote his own fairy tales such as Prince Prigio and Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia, and wrote numerous historical texts.
The plot of this story goes around a poor lonely woman who one day goes to the river to get some water and to bathe. There she makes a wish to die to suffer from the hardships of life no more. She wishes a snake to bite her but instead of snake she sees a beautiful necklace. The woman goes to the king to show him the necklace and the king feels the wish to own it the very moment he sees it.
