The Lilac Fairy Book
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Preface
8:48 -
Shifty Lad, Scotland
24:53 -
False Prince and True, Portugal
15:21 -
Jogi's Punishment, India
13:55 -
Heart of a Monkey, Swahili
22:54 -
Fairy Nurse, Ireland
10:23 -
Lost Paradise, France
9:46 -
How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves, Finland
19:25 -
King of Waterfalls, Scotland
25:14 -
French Puck, France
5:58 -
Three Crowns, Scotland
17:37 -
Story of a Very Bad Boy, France
13:31 -
Brown Bear of Norway, Scotland
20:14 -
Little Lasse, Finland
17:18 -
Moti, Mid-East
18:22 -
Enchanted Deer, Scotland
17:05 -
Fish Story, Australia
5:40 -
Wonderful Tune, Ireland
15:24 -
Rich Brother & Poor Brother, Portugal
19:53 -
One-Handed Girl, Swahili
29:05 -
Bones of Djulung, Unknown
9:51 -
Sea King's Gift, Finland
27:35 -
The Raspberry Worm, Finland
11:43 -
Stones of Plouhinec, France
16:28 -
Castle of Kerglas, France
28:57 -
Battle of Birds, Scotland
24:18 -
Lady of Fountain, Wales
30:21 -
Four Gifts, France
18:31 -
Groac'h of Isle of Lok, France
17:07 -
Escape of Mouse, Wales
16:58 -
Believing Husbands, Scotland
7:05 -
Hoodie Crow, Scotland
9:01 -
Brownie of Lake, France
12:17 -
Winning of Olwen, Wales
26:23
The Lilac Fairy Book (1910) is a public domain work.
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About this book
A widow in Erin saves for her clever son's schooling, only to hear that he intends to become a thief. This opening to The Lilac Fairy Book introduces the Shifty Lad, whose tricks put his mother's hopes for an honest trade to the test. Edited by Andrew Lang, the 1910 collection brings together fairy tales and folklore from places including Ireland, Wales, Portugal and Asia.
The stories move between cleverness, hardship and the strange possibilities of fairy tale worlds. In another passage, a girl earns food by lending her cooking pot to neighbours, then grows pumpkins that give her a new means of support. Her success stirs her brother's envy. Such scenes give everyday objects and family tensions a place alongside the enchanted creatures named in the contents.
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Book facts
- Author
- Andrew Lang
- Reading time
- About 7 hours
- Pages
- 198
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
- Audio read by
- Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014), John Lieder, Lizzie Driver and others