Delphi Collected Works of Andrew Lang and the Complete Fairy Books (Illustrated)

Andrew Lang

Language: English

Publisher: Delphi Classics

Published: Jun 13, 2012

Description:

As well as editing the famous Fairy Books, Andrew Lang created a diverse oeuvre of short story collections, novels, poetry and a scholarly corpus of essays and non-fiction books. This Delphi edition offers a comprehensive range of Lang’s prolific works, with thousands of beautiful illustrations, as well as the usual bonus texts.

Features:
the complete Fairy Books, all fully-illustrated with their original Victorian artwork – first time in digital print

special contents table for the Fairy Books

ALL the novels, with contents tables

images of how the books first appeared, giving your Kindle a taste of the Victorian texts

many other short story collections

ARABIAN NIGHTS fully illustrated – first time in digital print

13 poetry collections, with contents tables
special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry – find that special poem quickly and easily!

features 29 non-fiction books, each with contents tables

includes two biographical essays on Lang – explore the writer’s literary life!
many images relating to Lang’s life and works

scholarly ordering of texts in chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Lang’s immense oeuvre

* UPDATED with correct images being displayed throughout the eBook

CONTENTS:

The Fairy Books
THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK
THE RED FAIRY BOOK
THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK
THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK
THE PINK FAIRY BOOK
THE GREY FAIRY BOOK
THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK
THE CRIMSON FAIRY BOOK
THE BROWN FAIRY BOOK
THE ORANGE FAIRY BOOK
THE OLIVE FAIRY BOOK
THE LILAC FAIRY BOOK

The Fairy Tales
LIST OF THE FAIRY TALES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF THE FAIRY TALES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Other Story Collections
MUCH DARKER DAYS
IN THE WRONG PARADISE AND OTHER STORIES
HE
THE GOLD OF FAIRNILEE
PRINCE PRIGIO
THE TRUE STORY BOOK
PRINCE RICARDO OF PANTOUFLIA
ANGLING SKETCHES
THE BOOK OF DREAMS AND GHOSTS
ARABIAN NIGHTS
THE DISENTANGLERS
THE RED TRUE STORY BOOK
TALES OF TROY AND GREECE
THE ANIMAL STORY BOOK
THE BOOK OF ROMANCE
THE RED ROMANCE BOOK
THE RED BOOK OF HEROES by Mrs. Lang
TALES OF ROMANCE
THE STRANGE STORY BOOK by Mrs. Lang

The Novels
THE MARK OF CAIN
THE WORLD’S DESIRE
PARSON KELLY

The Poetry Collections
BALLADS, LYRICS, AND POEMS OF OLD FRANCE
THE ODYSSEY
THEOCRITUS BION AND MOSCHUS
BALLADS IN BLUE CHINA
HELEN OF TROY
THE ILIAD
RHYMES A LA MODE
AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE
A COLLECTION OF BALLADS
GRASS OF PARNASSUS
BAN AND ARRIERE BAN
THE NURSERY RHYME BOOK
NEW COLLECTED RHYMES

The Poetry
LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Non-Fiction
OXFORD
THE LIBRARY
CUSTOM AND MYTH
‘THAT VERY MAB’
BOOKS AND BOOKMEN
LETTERS TO DEAD AUTHORS
MYTH, RITUAL AND RELIGION
INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR TALES
LETTERS ON LITERATURE
LOST LEADERS
HOW TO FAIL IN LITERATURE; A LECTURE
OLD FRIENDS, EPISTOLARY PARODY
ON THE SUBLIME
COCK LANE AND COMMON-SENSE
ROBERT F. MURRAY: A MEMOIR
INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
MODERN MYTHOLOGY
THE MAKING OF RELIGION
ALFRED TENNYSON
ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS
JAMES VI AND THE GOWRIE MYSTERY
HISTORICAL MYSTERIES
JOHN KNOX AND THE REFORMATION
THE CLYDE MYSTERY A STUDY IN FORGERIES AND FOLKLORE
THE PUZZLE OF DICKENS’S LAST PLOT
HOMER AND HIS AGE
SIR WALTER SCOTT AND THE BORDER MINSTRELSY
A SHORT HISTORY OF SCOTLAND
SHAKESPEARE, BACON, AND THE GREAT UNKNOWN

The Biographies
ANDREW LANG by Edmund Gosse
SPENCER WALPOLE AND ANDREW LANG by Horace G. Hutchinson