The Yellow Fairy Book

by Andrew Lang (ed.) from 1894 (anthology; tales of ancient origin)

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Lang's fourth color fairy book (1894) extends the range to stories from Japan, Lapland, Russia, and elsewhere alongside European traditions. The Yellow Book's geographic range makes it particularly useful for groups interested in global fairy tale traditions.

The Yellow Fairy Book

Words
111.1k
Duration
~13 hr 53 min

23 sections

111.1k words
#TitleWords
1
JOAN, TODDLES, AND TINY
1000:45
2
PREFACE
8446:20
3
CONTENTS
1831:22
4
THE CAT AND THE MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP
9347:00
5
THE SIX SWANS
12.6k94:27
6
THE DRAGON AND HIS GRANDMOTHER
1.2k8:53
7
THE DONKEY CABBAGE
13k97:44
8
THE INVISIBLE PRINCE
6.1k46:07
9
HOW SIX MEN TRAVELLED THROUGH THE WIDE WORLD
7.7k57:28
10
ALPHEGE, OR THE GREEN MONKEY
2.1k15:55
11
FAIRER-THAN-A-FAIRY
9.6k72:22
12
THE WHITE DUCK
7.9k59:03
13
THE MAGIC RING
15.8k118:46
14
THE STORY OF BIG KLAUS AND LITTLE KLAUS
8.4k63:08
15
THE SWINEHERD
1.6k11:45
16
HOW TO TELL A TRUE PRINCESS
3822:52
17
THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
3.8k28:21
18
THE TINDER-BOX
4.7k35:18
19
THUMBELINA
4k29:48
20
THE NIGHTINGALE
5.8k43:50
21
THE STEADFAST TIN-SOLDIER
1.6k12:10
22
BLOCKHEAD-HANS
1.4k10:48
23
A STORY ABOUT A DARNING-NEEDLE
1.2k8:42

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