Edmund Dulac's Fairy Tale Book


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(4.8 stars; 9 reviews)

Unusual Fairy Tales from around the world, this story collection contains; a mother with two daughters both named Caroline, a carriage drawn by winged frogs, a prince turned into a bird and a princess in the form of a deer, a fairy in the shape of a talking crayfish and Ivan, who crawls into his horse's ear. In the usual style of fairy tales most of these have a moral and a happy ending! (Summary by Beth Thomas)
(6 hr 14 min)

Chapitres

Snegorotchka (Russian) 12:27 Lu par Annyiee Hill
The Buried Moon (English) 17:31 Lu par edamerau
White Caroline and Black Caroline (Flemish) 14:36 Lu par edamerau
The Seven Conquerors of the Queen of the Mississippi (Belgian) 12:38 Lu par edamerau
The Serpent Prince (Italian) 29:13 Lu par Annyiee Hill
The Hind of the Wood (French) 36:51 Lu par Mary Thaler
Ivan and the Chestnut Horse (Russian) 19:14 Lu par Annyiee Hill
The Queen of the Many-Coloured Bed-Chamber (Irish) 18:42 Lu par Joy Baker
The Blue Bird (French) 35:21 Lu par Lynda Marie Neilson
Bashtchelik, or Real Steel (Serbian) 50:49 Lu par Annyiee Hill
The Friar and the Boy (English) 20:51 Lu par Annyiee Hill
The Green Serpent (French) 42:07 Lu par Lynda Marie Neilson
Urashimo Taro (Japanese) 34:33 Lu par Lynda Marie Neilson
The Fire Bird (Russian) 22:58 Lu par DrPGould
The Story of the Bird Feng (Chinese) 7:02 Lu par DrPGould

Critiques

On the brink of perfection!


(5 stars)

Outstanding stories, all different, all engrossing, with heartfelt readers, until the very last, thankfully short story, of the unheroic "prince" getting his lady love pretty much by pitching one hissy after another until his way was got. This is an upside-down story and a sour note to go out on. But the others! I'll listen many times to these.