{"product_id":"2940150940062","title":"The Water-Lily. The Gold-Spinners","description":"Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang gave many of the tales their first appearance in English. \u003cbr\u003eAndrew Lang's Fairy Books -- are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales. Each volume is distinguished by its own color. In all, 437 tales from a broad range of cultures and countries are presented. The THE WATER-LILY. THE GOLD-SPINNERS is an Estonian fairy tale included it The Blue Fairy Book.\u003cbr\u003eThe Blue Fairy Book is probably the volume with the most traditional tales.\u003cbr\u003eTHE GOLD-SPINNERS begins thus: In a hut hidden deep in a forest, three beautiful maidens spend each waking moment weaving gold flax into yarn. An old woman supervises them, collecting every finished thread. She leaves them only for short journeys - always leaving a full slate of work along with the warning to keep their eyes on their work, and to speak to no man; otherwise the gold will lose its shine and great misfortunes will follow.","brand":"Magic Fairy Tales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068818473200,"sku":"2940150940062","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150940062_p0.jpg?v=1763755882","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150940062","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}