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The Gray Fairy Book - Complete and Unabridged - cover

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The Gray Fairy Book - Complete and Unabridged

Andrew Lang

Publisher: Racehorse Publishing

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Summary

This beautifully illustrated edition of the timeless fairytale collection, featuring “some of the first, and best, stories we ever hear in our lives" (Washington Post). 
 
The Gray Fairy Book has been admired time and time again, enchanting readers with its carefully crafted prose and eclectic assortment of fairy tales. Originally published in 1900, it has stood the test of time. This beautiful edition comes complete with the original illustrations by Golden Age Illustrator Henry J. Ford, and is the perfect gift to pass on these timeless classics to the next generation of readers and dreamers. 
 
Some of the famous stories included are:The Partnership of the Thief and the LiarWhat Came of Picking FlowersThe Magician’s HorseThe Dog and the SparrowThe White WolfThe Twin BrothersAnd many more! 
 
“Andrew Lang and his associates managed to break the stranglehold of the pious sentimentality handed out to children by collecting—from all over the world—fairy tales of all people, and bringing out the volumes we all know and love.” —Kirkus Reviews
Available since: 06/16/2020.
Print length: 164 pages.

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