The Olive Fairy Book
1907
First Published
4.16
Average Rating
304
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29 tales from Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, the Sudan, and France. The Green Knight is saved by a soup made from nine snakes, the lovely Dorani flies every night to fairyland, heroes hear animals. Eight Punjabi tales, five from Armenia, 16 others. Flying dragons, ogres, fairies, and princes transformed into white foxes. 50 illustrations.
Avg Rating
4.16
Number of Ratings
1,252
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3 STARS
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Author
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Author · 1 book
Wife of Andrew Lang, and translator and adapter of many of the stories that appear in The Coloured Fairy Book series, despite never being credited properly. Or in the words of Andrew Lang: "The fairy books have been almost wholly the work of Mrs. Lang, who has translated and adapted them from the French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, and other languages. My part has been that of Adam, according to Mark Twain, in the Garden of Eden. Eve worked, Adam superintended. I also superintend. I find out where the stories are, and advise, and, in short, superintend." Often styled as Mrs. Lang, or Leonora Blanche Lang. (1851-1933)
