Andrew Lang
Two small collections from the great Victorian gatherer of fairy tales.
Andrew Lang did not invent his fairy tales; he gathered them. The Scottish writer spent the late Victorian decades collecting stories from around the world into his famous fairy books, and our two recordings draw from that harvest, both read by Elizabeth Grace on The Sleepy Bookshelf.
The Bronze Ring, first published in 1889, is the place to start, an old wonder tale with the smoothed-over feel of a story passed through many tellers before it reached the page. The Water Lily, The Gold Spinners goes farther afield, pairing Estonian tales that few listeners will have met before, which spares you the pull of a remembered ending.
Two recordings make a small shelf, but a useful one. Lang works best on nights when you want a story with no homework attached: no series order, and nothing carried over from last night.
Written by Andrew Lang
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