Author · 26 titles

Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang (1844–1912) was one of Victorian Britain's most versatile men of letters — poet, novelist, critic, historian, and pioneering folklorist who treated fairy tales as serious cultural evidence. The twelve coloured fairy books made him famous, but they were only part of a career that ranged from Homer to psychical research, from Scottish ballads to literary quarrels with the age's biggest names. Lang wrote with wit and erudition, collecting stories the way a naturalist collects specimens: carefully, comparatively, and with a sense that folklore belongs to everyone. His 26 titles in our catalogue reflect a mind that never stopped gathering — and retelling — the world's imagination.

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