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What if a journey through the woods leads to a dangerous bargain—or a chance to change your fate?
The Blue Fairy Book, collected by Andrew Lang, brings together tales from several traditions, where ordinary life opens suddenly onto magic. A poor household, a royal palace, or a woodland journey becomes the starting point for something wonderful or dangerous. Familiar stories sit beside stranger adventures, with enchanted animals, clever children, and seemingly impossible quests.
In Cinderella, magical help offers a young woman a path beyond cruelty at home. Beauty and the Beast explores an unsettling encounter with a creature whose appearance inspires fear. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp links poverty and ambition to a powerful object that draws dangerous attention. Across these stories, kindness, courage, and quick thinking can change a life.
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- Familiar tales, darker edges Return to Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast, where magic meets cruelty and fear.
- Power with a price Follow Aladdin into a tale where a magical object's power brings dangerous attention.
- More than one virtue Discover stories that favour generosity and patience, alongside others that reward boldness or a good trick.
- Wonder beyond the familiar Step from well-known tales into stranger adventures filled with enchanted animals and impossible quests.
- Ordinary lives, sudden magic Enter households, palaces, and woods where an unexpected encounter can change a person's fate.
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For readers who love magical quests, clever escapes, and the darker edges of familiar childhood stories, with enchanted animals, dangerous bargains, and courage that can change a person's fate.
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Il libro azzurro delle fate
by Andrew Lang
Enchanted animals, dangerous bargains, and impossible quests put kindness, courage, and quick thinking to the test.
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What stories are in The Blue Fairy Book?
The collection includes Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, and Jack and the Beanstalk. It also contains less familiar tales, including East of the Sun and West of the Moon and The Bronze Ring.
Did Andrew Lang write the fairy tales?
Andrew Lang collected the tales rather than inventing them all himself. The Blue Fairy Book draws on older storytelling traditions and earlier written collections. His role is to bring these different stories together in one volume.
Why is it called The Blue Fairy Book?
Blue identifies the volume within Andrew Lang's series of colour-named fairy books. It does not describe a shared setting or subject within the stories. The Blue Fairy Book appeared in 1889 and began the series.
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Andrew Lang
1844–1912 · Scottish poet and folklorist
Andrew Lang was a Scottish writer born in Selkirk in 1844. He lived in London and died in Banchory in 1912. He wrote poetry, novels, literary criticism, and works on folklore. He edited The Blue Fairy Book, published in 1889, and other fairy-book collections, including The Violet Fairy Book in 1901.
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