The Yellow Fairy Book

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

About

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.

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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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