The Crimson Fairy Book: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Crimson Fairy Book, credited to Andrew Lang, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Crimson Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang. The Crimson Fairy Book contains thirty-six stories collected from around the world and edited by Andrew Lang. Many tales in this book are translated, or adapted, from those told by mothers and nurses in Hungary; others are familiar to Russian nurseries; the Servians are responsible for some; a rather peculiarly fanciful set of stories are adapted from the Roumanians; others are from the Baltic shores; others from sunny Sicily; a few are from Finland, and Iceland, and Japan, and Tunis, and Portugal. No doubt many children will like to look out these places on the map, and study their mountains, rivers, soil, products, and fiscal policies, in the geography books. The peoples who tell the stories differ in colour; language, religion, and almost everything else; but they all love a nursery tale. The stories have mainly been adapted or translated by Mrs. Lang, a few by Miss Lang and Miss Blackley. (Summary from the preface)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Crimson Fairy Book
• Author credits: Andrew Lang
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 37
• Listed recording duration: 10:04:39

Catalogue topics

• children
• fairy tales
• andrew lang
• crimson fairy book

Opening tracks: first 24 of 37

1. 00 - Preface — 5:14
2. 01 - Lovely Ilonka — 10:48
3. 02 - Lucky Luck — 20:06
4. 03 - The Hairy Man — 10:52
5. 04 - To your Good Health! — 13:04
6. 05 - The Story of the Seven Simons — 33:17
7. 06 - The Language of Beasts — 7:57
8. 07 - The Boy who could keep a Secret — 18:19
9. 08 - The Prince and the Dragon — 21:40
10. 09 - Little Wildrose — 22:58
11. 10 - Tiidu the Piper — 30:21
12. 11 - Paperarello — 16:58
13. 12 - The Gifts of the Magician — 16:52
14. 13 - The Strong Prince — 12:45
15. 14 - The Treasure Seeker — 34:54
16. 15 - The Cottager and his Cat — 9:34
17. 16 - The Prince who would seek Immortality — 23:03
18. 17 - The Stone-cutter — 8:41
19. 18 - The Gold-bearded Man — 20:44
20. 19 - Tritill, Litill, and the Birds — 15:10
21. 20 - The Three Robes — 17:27
22. 21 - The Six Hungry Beasts — 15:27
23. 22 - How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro — 15:31
24. 23 - The Rogue and the Herdsman — 13:18

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