Collected Item: ““The Dragon of the North.” The Yellow Fairy Book, new impression, edited by Andrew Lang, London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906, pp. 9-20.”
Full bibliographic citation (MLA)
“The Dragon of the North.” The Yellow Fairy Book, new impression, edited by Andrew Lang, London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906, pp. 9-20.
Title of the complete book/anthology (not a single chapter/fairy tale)
The Yellow Fairy Book
The name of the author or editor of the complete book/anthology (leave blank if none are listed)
Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s) of the book/anthology (leave blank if none are listed)
H. J. Ford
City where the book/anthology was published
London and New York and Bombay
The country where the book/anthology was published (use United States for US publications)
England and US and India
The publisher of the book/anthology (as written on the title page)
Longmans, Green, and Co.
Date of publication (or date range from the library catalog, if no dates are listed in the book)
1906
The decade the book was published (use the drop down menu)
1900-1909
The fairy tale type (use the drop down menu)
Dragon Slayers
What is special about this version of the tale?
A lightly illustrated edition of a Dragon Slayer tale poses a question at the end pointed at the reader asking what they would do if they were in the Prince’s shoes. The illustrator chose to show the scenes when the Youth encounters the evil characters (i.e. the witch and dragon). Though this book is written in prose with more difficult language, the Preface says this book is written for children.
A brief summary of the plot that highlights any unique variations
With help from a good magician, an evil witch, and a magic ring, the Youth of the tale is able to kill the dragon and marry the princess. However, the evil witch soon seeks revenge for the wrong the Youth did to her. After being captured by the evil witch, the Youth is eventually rescued by the good magician. Then the Youth and the princess lived happily ever after as King and Queen.
A link to a digital copy of the book
https://archive.org/details/yellowfairybook00lang02/page/n29/mode/1up
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