Goldfish Knight

Author: (English) Andrew Lang
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Publishing Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This set of fairy tales was first released in 1891, named in 12 different colors such as red, yellow, blue, etc. Considering the reading habits of Chinese children, we have re-edited and organized these fairy tales, naming them as follows: The True Prince and the False Prince, The Knight of the Golden Fish, The Witch on the Stone Ship, Blue Bird, The Invincible Hero, The Wonderful Musician, Gulliver's Travels, The Snow Queen, The Elves in the Baker's Bag, The Gift of the Magician, The Death of the Sun God, and The Magic Ring. Fairy tales are beautiful stories, the kingdom of children's joy, beloved by children in every corner of the world. Under the moonlight, in the shade of trees, or by the fire, children snuggle close to their grandmothers and mothers, listening to them passionately weave one beautiful story after another, gradually shaping their concepts of beauty and ugliness, good and evil, justice and wickedness. These treasures of folk tales, passed down orally from generation to generation, were first meticulously compiled by the famous French fairy-tale collector Perrault, forming a collection of up to 60 volumes titled The Cabinet of Fairy Tales. Later, Andrew Lang, a renowned Scottish writer and anthropologist, was captivated by this collection of human wisdom, The Cabinet of Fairy Tales, and with the assistance of his wife, translated, organized, and edited these tales. They were first released in 1891, named in 12 different colors such as red, yellow, and blue. Since then, they have been continuously republished and have become one of the most enduring and best-selling fairy-tale collections in the world. A famous Western educator once praised Andrew Lang's edited fairy tales: "If children's lives were without those magical and beautiful fairy tales, their lives would be unimaginable; if this fairy-tale paradise lacked the tales compiled by Andrew Lang, their innocent hearts would not be perfectly nurtured." Due to information discrepancies in cultural transmission, Chinese children have primarily had access only to the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. In fact, in the Western world, which places great emphasis on using fairy tales for moral and life education, Andrew Lang's collected and translated fairy tales have brought children wonderful dreams and endless joy.
Compared to The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen and The Brothers Grimm, Andrew Lang's selected fairy tales are more comprehensive and widely representative. He gathered nearly 500 traditional myths and classic fairy tales from all over the world, allowing children to read the authentic, concentrated wisdom of fairy tales from various ethnic groups. This set of fairy tales tells the legends of various characters from different perspectives, featuring imaginary fairies, witches, demons, monsters, and dragons, as well as cruel stepmothers, beautiful or ugly princesses, fortunate or unlucky princes, giants, dwarfs, and various magical spells and sorcery. The stories often begin with characters that children love—such as an old man with a blue beard, a little cat in boots, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, and even the grumpy toad and the beautiful pearl. Children can also enjoy 900 exquisite illustrations by the world-famous illustrator Henry Ford in these 12 books. After years of careful translation and editing, Andrew Lang and his world-class fairy tales have finally met with the children of China! Considering the reading habits of Chinese children, we have reorganized and edited these fairy tales into 12 volumes, naming them as follows: The Magic Mirror, The Bronze Ring, Blue Bird, The Headless Dwarf, The Green Knight, The Glass Mountain, The Mayflower Princess, The Little Fairy, Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book, Aladdin's Lamp, and The Iron Rod. We sincerely hope that this treasure trove of world fairy tales will accompany children through an interesting and imaginative childhood!