Princess Rosette and Other Fairy Tales

Name: Princess Rosette and Other Fairy Tales
Author: Andrew Lang
ISBN: 9781910343708

Author: Andrew Lang
Series: Children's Classics
Language: English
Length: 300 pages
ISBN: 9781910343708
Published: 15 July 2014
Imprint: Sovereign

Rosette
fairy tale
children
magic
bedtime
stories
folklore
fairies
family
society

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Description

Once upon a time there lived a King and Queen who had two beautiful sons and one little daughter, who was so pretty that no one who saw her could help loving her. When it was time for the christening of the Princess, the Queen—as she always did—sent for all the fairies to be present at the ceremony, and afterwards invited them to a splendid banquet...

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.

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