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The Olive Fairy Book
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Edited By Andrew Lang 3 Oct, 2019
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The Olive Fairy Book includes unusual stories from Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, Sudan, and the pen of Anatole France. But all of the stories are told in the common language of the fairy tale, and their heroes — the Green Knight who is saved by ... Read more
The Olive Fairy Book includes unusual stories from Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, Sudan, and the pen of Anatole France. But all of the stories are told in the common language of the fairy tale, and their heroes — the Green Knight who is saved by a soup made from nine snakes, the lovely Dorani who flies every night to fairyland, the king who understands the language of the animals — will be welcome to children and grown-ups alike. All in all, this collection contains 29 stories, all narrated in clear lively prose. Less
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  • 4901.686 KB
  • 352
  • Public Domain Books
  • 2020-03-14
  • English
  • 978-0486219080
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Andrew Lang
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Andrew Lang, FBA was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the ...
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