The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French, credited to Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, 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 Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch. Read in English by mlcui What began as a translation project became a retelling of four classic fairy tales from the Cabinet des Fees, the French collection of over forty volumes. "Certainly the translations, when finished, did not satisfy me, and so I turned back to the beginning and have rewritten the stories in my own way, which (as you may say with the Irish butler) “may not be the best claret, but ’tis the best ye’ve got.” —Preface - Summary by mlcui

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French
• Author credits: Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 6
• Listed recording duration: 2:49:07

Catalogue topics

• fairy tales

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 10:25
2. 01 - The Sleeping Beauty — 32:53
3. 02 - Blue Beard — 24:11
4. 03 - Cinderella — 30:56
5. 04 - Beauty and The Beast Part 1 — 30:35
6. 05 - Beauty and The Beast Part 2 — 40:07

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