Diamond Fairy Book

Various

(3.9 stars; 4 reviews)

Join brave (and cowardly) princes, vain and pretty princesses, (as well as some who are good of heart) and mysterious wizards in this collection of fairy stories! Hear about the beautiful but heavy necklace of tears, river monsters, an enchanted bridge and many other fantastical things!(Summary by ShrimpPhish)

Chapters

Princess Crystal, or the Hidden Treasure, A Story by Isabel Bellerby	13:37
The Story of the Invisible Kingdom, from the German of Richard Leander	21:11
How Sampo Lappelill saw the Mountain King, from the Swedish of Z Topelius	21:00
The Witch-Dancer's Doom, A Briton Legend	10:05
The Three Valleys, From the German	18:17
The Spring-tide of Love, by Pleydell North	24:03
Ringfalla Bridge, by K E Sutter	17:57
The Children's Fairy, from the French of Saint-Juirs	13:49
"Wittysplinter", from the German of Clemens Brentano	18:04
The Mid-day Rock, from the French of J. Jarry	15:39
Lillekort, from the French of Xavier Marmier	11:29
The Ten Little Fairies, from the French of George Mitchell	15:23
The Magician and his Pupil, from the German of A. Godin	16:32
The Strawberry Thief, from the German of Pauline Schanz	18:59
The Adventures of Said, from the German of W. Hauff	28:42
Little Blue Flower, from the German by Miss F. E. Hynam	18:31
"The Princess Who Despised all Men", by Charles Smith Cheltnam	23:40
The Necklace of Tears, by Mrs. Egerton Eastwick	24:26
The Prince and the Lions, from the Persian	15:23

Reviews

(5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

A collection of several entertaining and heartfelt fairy tales - along with some which haven't aged quite as well. Greatly elevated by fantastic reading.