Stories From The Faerie Queen

Edmund Spencer’s, The Faerie Queene, the epic 16th Century poem, translated into modern English prose by Jeannie Lang in 1905. This edition edited and revised by SJ Hills, 2018. Part of the "Told To The Children" series of books published at the turn of the 20th Century.

Suitable for younger ages.


More than three hundred years ago there lived in England a poet named Edmund Spenser. He was brave and true and gentle, and he loved all that was beautiful and good.

Edmund Spenser wrote many poems, and the most beautiful of all is the one called ‘The Faerie Queene.’ He loved so dearly all things that are beautiful and all things that are good, that his eyes could see Fairyland more clearly than the eyes of other men ever could.

There are many, many stories in ‘The Faerie Queene’, and out of them all I have told you only eight. Some day you will read the others for yourself.

In this little book Miss Rose Le Quesne has made one pretty picture for each story. But when you are old enough to read for yourself ‘The Faerie Queene’ that Edmund Spenser wrote, you will find that there is a picture on every page.

JEANIE LANG. 1905