Andrew Lang's Fairy Books
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Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a famous twelve-volume collection of fairy tale anthologies, each identified by a different color, that gathered and popularized traditional stories from around the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Andrew Lang's Fairy Books canonical | 8 |
| Andrew Lang's Coloured Fairy Books | 4 |
| Andrew Lang's Colored Fairy Books | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Andrew Lang's Fairy Books Context triple: [Andrew Lang, hasPartInSeries, Andrew Lang's Fairy Books]
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The Crimson Fairy Book
The Crimson Fairy Book is a classic 1903 collection of fairy tales from around the world, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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The Violet Fairy Book
The Violet Fairy Book is a collection of international folk and fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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C.
The Blue Fairy Book
The Blue Fairy Book is a classic 1889 collection of traditional fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang, famous for helping popularize many well-known stories in the English-speaking world.
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D.
The Brown Fairy Book
The Brown Fairy Book is a classic 1904 collection of fairy tales from various cultures around the world, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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E.
The Pink Fairy Book
The Pink Fairy Book is a classic 1897 collection of fairy tales from around the world, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Books series.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrew Lang's Fairy Books Target entity description: Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a famous twelve-volume collection of fairy tale anthologies, each identified by a different color, that gathered and popularized traditional stories from around the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
The Crimson Fairy Book
The Crimson Fairy Book is a classic 1903 collection of fairy tales from around the world, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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B.
The Violet Fairy Book
The Violet Fairy Book is a collection of international folk and fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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C.
The Blue Fairy Book
The Blue Fairy Book is a classic 1889 collection of traditional fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang, famous for helping popularize many well-known stories in the English-speaking world.
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D.
The Brown Fairy Book
The Brown Fairy Book is a classic 1904 collection of fairy tales from various cultures around the world, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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E.
The Pink Fairy Book
The Pink Fairy Book is a classic 1897 collection of fairy tales from around the world, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Books series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fairy tale anthology series
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short story collection series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Andrew Lang's Colored Fairy Books
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linked to:
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books
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| author | Andrew Lang ⓘ |
| containsWorkFrom |
African folklore
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Arabic folklore ⓘ Brothers Grimm ⓘ Charles Perrault ⓘ
linked to:
Perrault
French folklore ⓘ German folklore ⓘ Indian folklore ⓘ Japanese folklore ⓘ Madame d'Aulnoy ⓘ Norse folklore ⓘ Russian folklore ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| editor | Andrew Lang ⓘ |
| firstVolume | The Blue Fairy Book ⓘ |
| format | hardcover books ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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fairy tales ⓘ folklore ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Blue Fairy Book
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The Brown Fairy Book ⓘ The Crimson Fairy Book ⓘ The Green Fairy Book ⓘ The Grey Fairy Book ⓘ The Lilac Fairy Book ⓘ The Olive Fairy Book ⓘ The Orange Fairy Book ⓘ The Pink Fairy Book ⓘ The Red Fairy Book ⓘ The Violet Fairy Book ⓘ The Yellow Fairy Book ⓘ |
| illustrationsBy | various illustrators ⓘ |
| impact | helped establish a canon of classic fairy tales in English ⓘ |
| influenced | later fairy tale collections in English ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastVolume | The Lilac Fairy Book ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collecting stories from many cultures and countries
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popularizing traditional fairy tales in the English-speaking world ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 12 ⓘ |
| organizationalPrinciple | each volume identified by a different color ⓘ |
| primaryContributors | Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodEnd | 1910 ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodStart | 1889 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Longmans, Green, and Co.
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linked to:
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
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| sourceType | retellings of oral and literary fairy tales ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
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general readers interested in folklore ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
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