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The Violet Fairy Book

by Andrew Lang (ed.) from 1901 (anthology; tales of ancient origin)

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Lang's eighth color fairy book (1901) draws on East African, Japanese, Indian, and Scottish traditions, giving access to fairy tale cultures rarely represented in European children's literature.

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The Violet Fairy Book

Words
102.4k
Duration
~12 hr 48 min

37 sections

102.4k words
#TitleWords
1
Edited By Andrew Lang
90:04
2
PREFACE
5594:12
3
CONTENTS
1761:19
4
A TALE OF THE TONTLAWALD
4.3k32:24
5
THE FINEST LIAR IN THE WORLD
1.5k11:36
6
THE STORY OF THREE WONDERFUL BEGGARS
2.8k20:38
7
SCHIPPEITARO
1.1k8:29
8
THE THREE PRINCES AND THEIR BEASTS (LITHUANIAN FAIRY TALE)
3.6k27:16
9
THE NINE PEA-HENS AND THE GOLDEN APPLES
3.7k27:43
10
THE LUTE PLAYER
1.5k10:58
11
THE GRATEFUL PRINCE
6.3k47:00
12
THE CHILD WHO CAME FROM AN EGG
3.2k24:20
13
STAN BOLOVAN
3.7k27:28
14
THE TWO FROGS
5914:26
15
THE STORY OF A GAZELLE
5.8k43:16
16
HOW A FISH SWAM IN THE AIR AND A HARE IN THE WATER
1.4k10:24
17
TWO IN A SACK
1.5k11:11
18
THE ENVIOUS NEIGHBOUR
1.7k12:48
19
THE FAIRY OF THE DAWN
8.7k65:05
20
THE ENCHANTED KNIFE
8656:29
21
JESPER WHO HERDED THE HARES
3.6k27:11
22
THE UNDERGROUND WORKERS
2.3k17:12
23
THE HISTORY OF DWARF LONG NOSE
7.2k54:07
24
THE NUNDA, EATER OF PEOPLE
4k30:20
25
THE STORY OF HASSEBU
1.9k13:53
26
THE MAIDEN WITH THE WOODEN HELMET
1.5k10:53
27
THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH
1.3k9:41
28
THE HEADLESS DWARFS
2.8k21:18
29
THE YOUNG MAN WHO WOULD HAVE HIS EYES OPENED
1.3k9:45
30
THE BOYS WITH THE GOLDEN STARS
2.8k20:55
31
THE FROG
1.4k10:17
32
THE PRINCESS WHO WAS HIDDEN UNDERGROUND
1k7:40
33
THE GIRL WHO PRETENDED TO BE A BOY
7.4k55:12
34
THE STORY OF HALFMAN
3.6k27:11
35
THE PRINCE WHO WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD
2.3k17:31
36
VIRGILIUS THE SORCERER
3.2k23:55
37
MOGARZEA AND HIS SON
1.9k14:01

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