The pink fairy book
By: [collected and] edited by Andrew Lang ; with an introduction by A.S. Byatt ; etchings and decorations by Debra McFarlane
Contributors: McFarlane, Debra, ill
Publisher: Folio Society
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
Subjects: Fairy tales
Description: A collection of more than thirty fairy tales gathered from all over the world.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Longmans, Green, 1897. With minor emendations.
Table of contents: title: Cat's elopement --; title: How the dragon was tricked --; title: Goblin and the grocer --; title: House in the wood --; title: Uraschimataro and the turtle --; title: Slaying of the Tanuki --; title: Flying trunk --; title: Snow man --; title: Shirt-collar --; title: Princess in the chest --; title: Three brothers --; title: Snow-queen --; title: Fir-tree --; title: Hans, the mermaid's son --; title: Peter Bull --; title: Bird 'grip' --; title: Snowflake --; title: I know what I have learned --; title: Cunning shoemaker --; title: King who would have a beautiful wife --; title: Catherine and her destiny --; title: How the hermit helped to win the King's daughter --; title: Water of life --; title: Wounded lion --; title: Man without a heart --; title: Two brothers --; title: Master and pupil --; title: Golden lion --; title: Sprig of rosemary --; title: White dove --; title: Troll's daughter --; title: Esben and the witch --; title: Princess Minon-Minette --; title: Maiden Bright-eye --; title: Merry wives --; title: King Lindorm --; title: Jackal, the dove, and the panther --; title: Little hare --; title: Sparrow with the slit tongue --; title: Story of Ciccu --; title: Don Giovanni de la Fortuna.