Red Fairy Book
The Red Fairy Book contains some of the most beloved tales ever told. Here you will find the Norse legend of East of the Sun and West of the Moon, the French romance of The White Doe, Scottish folktales of brew-giving kelpies and shape-shifting selkies, and dozens more stories gathered from traditions spanning Europe and beyond. These are not the sanitized versions of later retellings but vivid, often startling narratives where animals speak, princesses are cursed, and courage determines destiny. Andrew Lang assembled these tales from oral and written sources, preserving stories that had lived in the spoken tradition for centuries. The result is a collection that reveals not one fairyland but many, each with its own logic, its own wonders, its own moral weight. This is the book that shaped childhoods for generations of readers, that opened doors into other worlds when the world felt too small. For anyone who remembers the particular hush that falls over a room when a story begins - this is where those stories come from.
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Darla, Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014), Mark F. Smith, Marian Martin +13 more
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