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The Violet Fairy Book is the seventh volume in Andrew Lang’s celebrated series of colored fairy books. First issued in 1901, it collects and presents fairy tales drawn from a variety of European traditions, translated and sometimes retold by Lang’s wife and other collaborators. The collection became an important source for English readers of folklore, though Lang did not recruit the stories directly from oral sources.
First publish date: 1906
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Andrew Lang
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