Anthology of Fairy Tales (Illustrated) - Softcover

This anthology is a collection of famous fairy tales by the classic authors Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Andrew Lang (1844-1912), Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859). The book includes: * 30 fairy tales * 12 unique illustrations * a list of movie adaptations * vocabulary in context for advanced learners of English Enjoy the world of fantasy depicted in the following stories: The Tinder-Box (1835) The Princess and the Pea (1835) Little Tiny or Thumbelina (1835) The Little Mermaid (1837) The Emperor’s New Suit (1837) The Brave Tin Soldier (1838) The Swineherd (1841) The Angel (1843) The Nightingale (1843) The Ugly Duckling (1843) The Fir Tree (1844) The Snow Queen (1844) The Red Shoes (1845) The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor (1898) Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1898) The Enchanted Horse (1898) The Forty Thieves (1889) The Frog-King, or Iron Henry (1884) Rapunzel (1884) Hansel and Grethel (1884) Cinderella (1884) Mother Holle (1884) Little Red-Cap (1884) The Fisherman and His Wife (1884) The Bremen Town-Musicians (1884) Briar-Rose (1884) Little Snow-White (1884) Rumpelstiltskin (1884) The Goose-Girl (1884) Iron John (1884)

Andrew Lang (March, 31, 1844 July 20, 1912) was a Scottish writer and literary critic who is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang s academic interests extended beyond the literary and he was a noted contributor to the fields of anthropology, folklore, psychical research, history, and classic scholarship, as well as the inspiration for the University of St. Andrew s Andrew Lang Lectures. A prolific author, Lang published more than 100 works during his career, including twelve fairy books, in which he compiled folk and fairy tales from around the world. Lang s Lilac Fairy and Red Fairy books are credited with influencing J. R. R. Tolkien, who commented on the importance of fairy stories in the modern world in his 1939 Andrew Lang Lecture On Fairy-Stories.

After studying at Marburg, Jacob became a clerk in the War Office at Kassel, and in 1808 librarian to Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia. In 1841 he received Professorship at Berlin, and in 1854 began work on Deutsches Worterbuch with his brother.