A Book of Fairy Tales


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(4.7 stars; 9 reviews)

This is a collection of fairy tales, retold by Sabine Baring-Gould. The collection contains such well-known stories as Cinderella and the Beauty and the Beast, but also tales which are now not as widely known, such as the Yellow Dwarf and the White Cat. - Summary by Carolin (6 hr 54 min)

Kapitel

Preface 5:29 Gelesen von BettyB
Jack and the Bean Stalk 23:06 Gelesen von Travis Baldree
Puss in Boots 12:57 Gelesen von Adeena Mignogna
Cinderella 20:07 Gelesen von Terah Tucker
Valentine and Orson 29:57 Gelesen von lcastleb1
Little Red Riding-Hood 7:23 Gelesen von Nathaniel O'Coin
The Sleeping Beauty 10:59 Gelesen von Lilian Elizabeth
The Babes in the Wood 8:38 Gelesen von Lee-Ann Niazi
Pretty Maruschka 18:20 Gelesen von E. Henderson
Beauty and the Beast 32:59 Gelesen von sashelliott
The Yellow Dwarf 15:48 Gelesen von BettyB
Hop-o'-my-Thumb 31:13 Gelesen von Lee-Ann Niazi
Whittington and his Cat 18:45 Gelesen von Geoff Cahill
Don't-Know 23:11 Gelesen von Sophie Owen
Miranda, or, the Royal Ram 16:17 Gelesen von BettyB
Blue-Beard 17:20 Gelesen von Kate Follis
The Fair Maid with the Golden Locks 28:40 Gelesen von Geoff Cahill
Jack the Giant Killer 17:01 Gelesen von Robin Lamb
The Three Bears 7:35 Gelesen von Michael L
Tom Thumb 13:03 Gelesen von Michael Fassio
The White Cat 43:34 Gelesen von Terah Tucker
The Frog Prince 11:55 Gelesen von BettyB

Bewertungen

98% great...


(5 stars)

I didn't enjoy the intrusion of the author's opinion of The Yellow Dwarf. OR agree with it. She sounded as bratty as a social media addict of today unloading on a hapless YouTube offering, or hammering strangers on Facebook with her political opinion. Wonder what made her need to do that? She even used the word "trash," of all things. It didn't fit with the rest of the book. This was such a great story book. I LOVED The Yellow Dwarf, though I have read or listened to better retellings than hers. It's more engaging than Rumpelstiltskin, to which she unfavorably compared it, for reasons i can't fathom. They aren't similar at all. ALL readers were excellent as usual. Thank you, archive.org and Librivox volunteers.

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(4 stars)

Liked the collection of stories but I agree that the yellow dwarf reader sounded like a spoiled brat who only cares about social media. I love the reader of beauty and the beast her voice is so relaxing. However somethings that the readers mention (flunky) I don’t know what they are talking about otherwise it would be perfect

Really enjoyable.


(4.5 stars)

Excellent collection of fairy stories and other assorted tales. Read very well.