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A review by hazelalaska
The Violet Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.5
3.5 stars
I actually really enjoyed most of the stories in this one, and I think this is in my top 2 of all the collections in this series that I've read so far, putting it just behind The Blue Fairy Book. I was going to give this 3.75 stars but I still feel I like The Blue Fairy Book better and I rated that 3.5 stars. I think in part I have some nostalgia attached to that one since it was the first of these books I read when I was younger, and one I've reread several times. I have a vivid memory of sitting in the airport one time reading it on my Kindle while we waited for our rental car when I was about 11 or 12. I have actually read this one before, but I couldn't remember if I had or hadn't.
Favorites:
A Tale of the Tontlawald
The Girl Who Pretended to be a Boy
Good:
The Finest Liar in the World
The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples
The Lute Player
The Grateful Prince
The Child Who Came from an Egg
Stan Bolovan
The Story of a Gazelle
How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water
The Envious Neighbor
The Fairy of the Dawn- This one was quite a long one and there were random mythology references that didn't really make sense in context.
The Enchanted Knife
Jesper Who Herded the Hares
The History of Dwarf Long Nose
The Monkey and the Jelly-Fish
The Headless Dwarfs
The Boys with the Golden Stars
The Frog
The Story of Halfman
Okay:
The Story of the Three Wonderful Beggars
Schippeitaro- The version of the story here is actually from a translated German version despite being Japanese in origin, and as a result some aspects have been altered, which I wasn't a fan of.
The Three Princes and Their Beasts
The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan- This is just a variant of one of the King Midas stories from Greek mythology, so nothing really new here.
The Two Frogs
Two in a Sack
The Underground Workers
The Nunda, Eater of People
The Story of Hassebu
The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet
The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened
The Princess Who was Hidden Underground
The Prince who Wanted to See the World
Virgilius the Sorcerer
Mogarzea and his Son
I actually really enjoyed most of the stories in this one, and I think this is in my top 2 of all the collections in this series that I've read so far, putting it just behind The Blue Fairy Book. I was going to give this 3.75 stars but I still feel I like The Blue Fairy Book better and I rated that 3.5 stars. I think in part I have some nostalgia attached to that one since it was the first of these books I read when I was younger, and one I've reread several times. I have a vivid memory of sitting in the airport one time reading it on my Kindle while we waited for our rental car when I was about 11 or 12. I have actually read this one before, but I couldn't remember if I had or hadn't.
Favorites:
A Tale of the Tontlawald
The Girl Who Pretended to be a Boy
Good:
The Finest Liar in the World
The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples
The Lute Player
The Grateful Prince
The Child Who Came from an Egg
Stan Bolovan
The Story of a Gazelle
How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water
The Envious Neighbor
The Fairy of the Dawn- This one was quite a long one and there were random mythology references that didn't really make sense in context.
The Enchanted Knife
Jesper Who Herded the Hares
The History of Dwarf Long Nose
The Monkey and the Jelly-Fish
The Headless Dwarfs
The Boys with the Golden Stars
The Frog
The Story of Halfman
Okay:
The Story of the Three Wonderful Beggars
Schippeitaro- The version of the story here is actually from a translated German version despite being Japanese in origin, and as a result some aspects have been altered, which I wasn't a fan of.
The Three Princes and Their Beasts
The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan- This is just a variant of one of the King Midas stories from Greek mythology, so nothing really new here.
The Two Frogs
Two in a Sack
The Underground Workers
The Nunda, Eater of People
The Story of Hassebu
The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet
The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened
The Princess Who was Hidden Underground
The Prince who Wanted to See the World
Virgilius the Sorcerer
Mogarzea and his Son