FairerThanAFairy, Andrew Lang
FairerThanAFairy, Andrew Lang
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Fairer-Than-A-Fairy

Author: Andrew Lang

Narrator: Michelle Ford

Unabridged: 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 03/26/2013


Synopsis

A young princess, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, is kidnapped by a jealous, mean, old fairy named Lagree, who locks her away because none of the fairies can stand to have a mortal girl said to be more beautiful than them. Lagree locks her away in a palace, with her dog and cat, and tells her to tend to a fire and to never let it burn out. In her solitude, she one day meets a prince whom Lagree has captured and changed into the form of a rainbow that she discovers in a fountain. Rainbow and Fairer-than-a-Fairy fall in love and are forced through some trials and tribulations to find their happy ending.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish writer who collected fairy and folk tales from various cultures and put them together in twelve volumes of tales. He was noted for taking the tales from as many original sources as possible, keeping the fairy tales close to their intended meanings.

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 M.M. Strawberry on January 02, 2024

(Included in the Yellow Fairy Book) I'm sorry, it has to be said, 'Fairer than a Fairy' is a god damn fucking stupid name. The story itself is pretty meh, but then what do you expect when the main female character is named that because she is so so so so lovely? ... Yes, I know these are fairy takes w......more