The Blue Fairy
Book is the first
of twelve compilations of fairy tales that were compiled and Edited
by Andrew Lang between the late nineteenth and early twentieth
century. Each one is named after a different color. This compilation
contains 37 fairy tales from all over the world including some
well known ones such as Little
Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp,
Rumplestiltzkin
and The Forty
Thieves
among others.
There
are some of the fairy tales that I like and others that I didn’t
care for in this book. Some of them are more morbid than I remember
my teachers reading to us in the earlier grades in elementary school
back in the sixties. I think this could be a good series for fans of
fantasy to read. It contains a lot of magic and battles with ogres,
giants and witches among others. I had trouble reading the last two
fairy tales in the book because they are Scottish fairy tales and the
English in those two is different from what I’m used to here in the
United States.
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Links:
This
book can be downloaded in various formats from the following sites:
Project
Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/503
Manny
Books: http://manybooks.net/titles/anonetext96blfry10.html
Barnes
& Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blue-fairy-book-andrew-lang/1100171139?ean=2940017917121
Tim’s
Rating: ***
(Three
out of five stars)
I’m
off to read another book. Check back periodically for more book
reviews.
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