Author: | Andrew Lang | ISBN: | 1230000792134 |
Publisher: | Media Galaxy | Publication: | November 20, 2015 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Andrew Lang |
ISBN: | 1230000792134 |
Publisher: | Media Galaxy |
Publication: | November 20, 2015 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang gave many of the tales their first appearance in English.
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books — are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales. Each volume is distinguished by its own color. In all, 437 tales from a broad range of cultures and countries are presented. Farmer Weathersky is a Norwegian fairy tale.
Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book as "Farmer Weatherbeard".
A farmer was trying to apprentice his son, but because his wife insisted that he must learn to be a master above all masters, was unable to find a place until a driver said that he could and had the boy get on his sleigh, whereupon he flew off into the air. His wife learned that he could not tell where his son is, and sent him after him...
Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang gave many of the tales their first appearance in English.
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books — are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales. Each volume is distinguished by its own color. In all, 437 tales from a broad range of cultures and countries are presented. Farmer Weathersky is a Norwegian fairy tale.
Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book as "Farmer Weatherbeard".
A farmer was trying to apprentice his son, but because his wife insisted that he must learn to be a master above all masters, was unable to find a place until a driver said that he could and had the boy get on his sleigh, whereupon he flew off into the air. His wife learned that he could not tell where his son is, and sent him after him...