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Graciosa and Percinet and Other Fairy Tales

Author
Andrew Lang
Series
Children's Classics
Language
English
Length
300 pages
ISBN
9781910343715
Published
15 July 2014
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Graciosa
  • fairy tale
  • children
  • magic
  • bedtime
  • stories
  • folklore
  • fairies
  • family
  • society

Description

Once upon a time there lived a King and Queen who had one charming daughter. She was so graceful and pretty and clever that she was called Graciosa, and the Queen was so fond of her that she could think of nothing else. Everyday she gave the Princess a lovely new frock of gold brocade, or satin, or velvet, and when she was hungry she had bowls full of sugar-plums, and at least twenty pots of jam...

Author

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.