Andrew Lang 26 min read

A childless king wishes for a daughter and a dwarf grants her, 'Niente,' nobody, and so begins a fairy-tale quest, illustrated after the exquisite drawings of Richard Doyle.

Andrew Lang's 1884 book, built around Richard Doyle's illustrations, is a charming children's fairy tale. Whimsical, colorful, gracefully told. Read it for a delightful wonder-tale by the great folklorist, a Princess Nobody, a prince's quest, and a fairyland conjured to fit Dicky Doyle's beloved pictures.

In its time

Published in 1884, during the 1880s, lost races and dying earths.

Reading it

26 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).

Illustrated by

Richard Doyle