but enjoyed the story written in diary-style of how two young girls in the days of early photography spoofed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and a myriad of others into believing they had actually captured pictures of fairies in a photograph. Lady Cottington’s journal is a coming of age story equipped with squished and squashed faires, pixes, and goblins! In Lady Cottington's Fairy Album, Brian Froud managed to add some real depth and poignancy to the story.

Through the handwritten journal of Lady Cottington we learn details of her life, beginning in early childhood to her later years.

When she's younger the writing style reflects that and I didn't realise how twisted her action of squashing the fairies was quite till the end.

To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. so in short, mentioning the oppression--which, of course, no one would admit was real) made me appreciate the book more.Brown paper band still in place to protect the (mildly pornographic) final section, with the glossy fairy bookmark also still in place.