The Crimson Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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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) (10 hr 4 min)
Chapters
00 - Preface | 5:14 | Read by Jenny Lundak |
01 - Lovely Ilonka | 10:48 | Read by Jenny Lundak |
02 - Lucky Luck | 20:06 | Read by Jenny Lundak |
03 - The Hairy Man | 10:52 | Read by Jenny Lundak |
04 - To your Good Health! | 13:04 | Read by Jenny Lundak |
05 - The Story of the Seven Simons | 33:17 | Read by Jenny Lundak |
06 - The Language of Beasts | 7:56 | Read by Tim Ferreira |
07 - The Boy who could keep a Secret | 18:19 | Read by Tim Ferreira |
08 - The Prince and the Dragon | 21:40 | Read by Jenny Lundak |
09 - Little Wildrose | 22:58 | Read by Jenny Lundak |
10 - Tiidu the Piper | 30:21 | Read by Patrick Reinhart |
11 - Paperarello | 16:58 | Read by Patrick Reinhart |
12 - The Gifts of the Magician | 16:51 | Read by Jenny Lundak |
13 - The Strong Prince | 12:44 | Read by Patrick Reinhart |
14 - The Treasure Seeker | 34:54 | Read by kelleywyskiel |
15 - The Cottager and his Cat | 9:33 | Read by Jenny Lundak |
16 - The Prince who would seek Immortality | 23:03 | Read by Patrick Reinhart |
17 - The Stone-cutter | 8:41 | Read by Jenny Lundak |
18 - The Gold-bearded Man | 20:43 | Read by Terra Mendoza |
19 - Tritill, Litill, and the Birds | 15:10 | Read by Terra Mendoza |
20 - The Three Robes | 17:27 | Read by sherlock85 |
21 - The Six Hungry Beasts | 15:27 | Read by Mary-Beth Blackburn |
22 - How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro | 15:31 | Read by Patrick Reinhart |
23 - The Rogue and the Herdsman | 13:17 | Read by Tim Ferreira |
24 - Eisenkopf | 16:07 | Read by Mary-Beth Blackburn |
25 - The Death of Abu Nowas and of his Wife | 11:15 | Read by Imagine |
26 - Motikatika | 6:51 | Read by Tim Ferreira |
27 - Niels and the Giants | 22:43 | Read by Patrick Reinhart |
28 - Shepherd Paul | 15:11 | Read by Patrick Reinhart |
29 - How the wicked Tanuki was punished | 5:47 | Read by Elli |
30 - The Crab and the Monkey | 6:20 | Read by breezyweezy |
31 - The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder | 19:15 | Read by Jefferson Montoya |
32 - The Story of the Sham Prince, or the Ambitious Tailor | 34:09 | Read by Patrick Reinhart |
33 - The Colony of Cats | 20:25 | Read by Jenny Lundak |
34 - How to find out a True Friend | 14:02 | Read by Tim Ferreira |
35 - Clever Maria | 8:35 | Read by Maria Therese |
36 - The Magic Kettle | 9:05 | Read by Jenny Lundak |
Reviews
great stories
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Easonriley
wish there were more books
storyteller
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storyteller
I am most interested in the variety of stories. I found these to be as interesting and enjoyable as many of Lang’s Fairy collection. I recommend the entire series if you like fairytales. I found some of the readers voices pleasing and only one who over inflected and had a tone and pitch that was difficult to listen to. I thank them all for volunteering.
good and lively readers
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Minitoon
in the prince who was looking for immortality he might as well use the picture to go to the land the book is good :D good readers and stories
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A LibriVox Listener
Good book. Most of the readers were good but some not so good 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂😊😊😊✔️📖✔️👩🦳🧔🏻❌👩🦳🧔🏻
love it !!!!!!!
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A LibriVox Listener
It was great the narrator’s were good overall
I love these books
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Karen Bromberg
Brings back childhood memories.
Not the best Fairy Book...
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Charles Lee
Good narration. The stories aren't as good as the blue, red and pink collections. Roughly as good as the green one.
It's ok
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Katie .O
It's ok. If you have already read The Pink Fairy book than you should read this.