{"product_id":"the-violet-fairy-book-9781596059948","title":"The Violet Fairy Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrew Lang\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Fairy Tales \u0026amp; Folklore - Country \u0026amp; Ethnic - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA prolific collector of fairy tales from around the globe, Andrew Lang, in this Dover Edition (no original publisher named) work, sets down a wildly entertaining variety of \"stories as old as anything that men have invented.\" These oldest of stories include: . \"The Finest Liar in the World\" . \"The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars\" . \"The Three Princes and Their Beasts\" . \"The Child Who Came from an Egg\" . \"The Enchanted Knife\" . \"The History of Dwarf Long Nose\" . \"The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy\" . and many more. Complete with beautiful pen-and-ink illustrations, this is a collection to treasure, one in which you'll find roots of many of the stories we continue to tell anew today. Scottish journalist and author ANDREW LANG (1844-1912), a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, produced a stunning variety and number of volumes, including books of poetry, novels, children's books, histories, and biographies, as well as criticism, essays, scholarly works of anthropology, and translations of classical literature. __________________________________________ ALSO FROM COSIMO: Lang's The Arabian Nights Entertainments, The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, A Short History of Scotland, and Myth, Ritual \u0026amp; Religion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47586776187031,"sku":"9781596059948","price":1722.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781596059948.webp?v=1774965249","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-violet-fairy-book-9781596059948","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}