East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Andrew Lang
East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Andrew Lang
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon

Author: Andrew Lang

Narrator: Mike Manz

Unabridged: 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ophania, Inc.

Published: 06/06/2022

Synopsis

A very slightly updated version of the traditional Norwegian folk tale from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book from 1889. The Blue Fairy Book was the first of 12 Fairy Books to be written and published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and, though Lang is credited as the creator of these books, it is worth noting that almost all of the actual translation and writing of the stories was done by others - most notably his wife, Nora.This story is classified as ATU 425A in the ATU tale type classification system, which is the “Search for the Lost Husband” type.

About Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang (1844–1912), Scottish man of letters educated at the Edinburgh Academy, St. Andrews, and Balliol College, Oxford, became a prolific and versatile London journalist. He took a leading part in the controversy with Max Müller and his school about the interpretation of mythology and folk tales. He published several volumes of verse and several solid contributions to the study of the philosophy and religion of primitive man. He also wrote the four-volume History of Scotland, A History of English Literature, and many fairy-tale collections, as well as works on Homer, Joan of Arc, Scott, Lockhart, Mary Stuart, John Knox, Prince Charlie, Tennyson, and others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathryn (Dragon Bite Books)

Review originally published on my blog, Dragon Bite Books. East of the Sun and West of the Moon is based on a Norwegian fairy tale, collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, who published the tale sometime between 1841 and 1844. It was translated into English by Andrew La......more

Goodreads review by A B

This is a beautiful retelling of a classic fairy tale. It would make a lovely gift for your little princess. My only complaint, and it's quite minor, is that I was not as impressed by the illustrations as I had hoped I would be. Based on other reviews, this certainly puts me in a minority. For such......more

Goodreads review by Layla

This is one of my favorite books from childhood--important to have this version for the illustrations--and I read it again recently while thinking of Italo Calvino's take on compression and repetition in folktales. Also the object as a means to move the narrative forward through time. But now I can'......more

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