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The Blue Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

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THE BRONZE RING PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON THE YELLOW DWARF LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD CINDERELLA; OR, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP THE TALE OF A YOUTH WHO SET OUT TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS RUMPELSTILTZKIN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST THE MASTER-MAID WHY THE SEA IS SALT THE MASTER CAT; OR, PUSS IN BOOTS FELICIA AND THE …

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  • AuthorAndrew Lang
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #503
  • Length137,854 words · 9h 11m of reading
  • Chapters44
  • DictionaryNot yet generated
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

44 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01Edited by Andrew Lang
  2. 02THE BRONZE RING
  3. 03PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS
  4. 04EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON
  5. 05THE YELLOW DWARF
  6. 06LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
  7. 07THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD
  8. 08CINDERELLA, OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER
  9. 09ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP
  10. 10THE TALE OF A YOUTH WHO SET OUT TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS
  11. 11RUMPELSTILTZKIN
  12. 12BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
  13. 13THE MASTER-MAID
  14. 14WHY THE SEA IS SALT
  15. 15THE MASTER CAT; OR, PUSS IN BOOTS
  16. 16FELICIA AND THE POT OF PINKS
  17. 17THE WHITE CAT
  18. 18THE WATER-LILY. THE GOLD-SPINNERS
  19. 19THE TERRIBLE HEAD
  20. 20THE SONG OF THE WESTERN FAIRIES
  21. 21THE STORY OF PRETTY GOLDILOCKS
  22. 22THE HISTORY OF WHITTINGTON
  23. 23THE WONDERFUL SHEEP
  24. 24LITTLE THUMB
  25. 25THE FORTY THIEVES
  26. 26HANSEL AND GRETTEL
  27. 27SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
  28. 28THE GOOSE-GIRL
  29. 29TOADS AND DIAMONDS
  30. 30PRINCE DARLING
  31. 31BLUE BEARD
  32. 32TRUSTY JOHN
  33. 33THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR
  34. 34CHAPTER I
  35. 35CHAPTER II
  36. 36CHAPTER III
  37. 37CHAPTER IV
  38. 38CHAPTER V
  39. 39THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL
  40. 40THE STORY OF PRINCE AHMED AND THE FAIRY PARIBANOU
  41. 41II
  42. 42THE HISTORY OF JACK THE GIANT-KILLER
  43. 43THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY
  44. 44THE RED ETIN

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