A Book of Fairy Tales
Sabine Baring-Gould
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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)
Chapters
| Preface | 5:29 | Read by BettyB |
| Jack and the Bean Stalk | 23:06 | Read by Travis Baldree |
| Puss in Boots | 12:57 | Read by Adeena Mignogna |
| Cinderella | 20:07 | Read by Terah Tucker |
| Valentine and Orson | 29:57 | Read by lcastleb1 |
| Little Red Riding-Hood | 7:23 | Read by Nathaniel O'Coin |
| The Sleeping Beauty | 10:59 | Read by Lilian Elizabeth |
| The Babes in the Wood | 8:38 | Read by Lee-Ann Niazi |
| Pretty Maruschka | 18:20 | Read by E. Henderson |
| Beauty and the Beast | 32:59 | Read by sashelliott |
| The Yellow Dwarf | 15:48 | Read by BettyB |
| Hop-o'-my-Thumb | 31:13 | Read by Lee-Ann Niazi |
| Whittington and his Cat | 18:45 | Read by Geoff Cahill |
| Don't-Know | 23:11 | Read by Sophie Owen |
| Miranda, or, the Royal Ram | 16:17 | Read by BettyB |
| Blue-Beard | 17:20 | Read by Kate Follis |
| The Fair Maid with the Golden Locks | 28:40 | Read by Geoff Cahill |
| Jack the Giant Killer | 17:01 | Read by Robin Lamb |
| The Three Bears | 7:35 | Read by Michael L |
| Tom Thumb | 13:03 | Read by Michael Fassio |
| The White Cat | 43:34 | Read by Terah Tucker |
| The Frog Prince | 11:55 | Read by BettyB |
Reviews
98% great...
Carly Corday
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.
Really enjoyable.
Terry Wallwork
Excellent collection of fairy stories and other assorted tales. Read very well.