Andrew Lang's Fairy Books
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Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a famous twelve-volume collection of fairy tale anthologies, each identified by a different color, that gathered and popularized traditional stories from around the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fairy tale anthology series
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short story collection series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Andrew Lang's Colored Fairy Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Andrew Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsWorkFrom |
African folklore
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Arabic folklore ⓘ Brothers Grimm NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Perrault NERFINISHED ⓘ French folklore ⓘ German folklore ⓘ Indian folklore ⓘ Japanese folklore ⓘ Madame d'Aulnoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Norse folklore ⓘ Russian folklore ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| editor | Andrew Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstVolume | The Blue Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | hardcover books ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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fairy tales ⓘ folklore ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Blue Fairy Book
NERFINISHED
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The Brown Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ The Crimson Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ The Green Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ The Grey Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lilac Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ The Olive Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ The Orange Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pink Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ The Red Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ The Violet Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ The Yellow Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| illustrationsBy | various illustrators ⓘ |
| impact | helped establish a canon of classic fairy tales in English ⓘ |
| influenced | later fairy tale collections in English ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastVolume | The Lilac Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collecting stories from many cultures and countries
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popularizing traditional fairy tales in the English-speaking world ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 12 ⓘ |
| organizationalPrinciple | each volume identified by a different color ⓘ |
| primaryContributors | Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodEnd | 1910 ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodStart | 1889 ⓘ |
| publisher | Longmans, Green, and Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceType | retellings of oral and literary fairy tales ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
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general readers interested in folklore ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
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