The Rose And The Ring

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Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

English · 3h 12m · Children's Fiction, Fantasy, Satire

4 (23 critiques)

Victorian social satire hiding in a set of children's fairy tales by the author of the classic "Vanity Fair" - Summary by Stav Nisser

Chapitres

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Prelude 2:26 Lu par Eleanor Howard
Chapter 1: SHOWS HOW THE ROYAL FAMILY SAT DOWN TO BREAKFAST 6:53 Lu par Eleanor Howard
Chapter 2: HOW KING VALOROSO GOT THE CROWN, AND PRINCE GIGLIO WENT WITHOUT 6:12 Lu par Eleanor Howard
Chapter 3: TELLS WHO THE FAIRY BLACKSTICK WAS, AND WHO WERE EVER SO MANY GRAND PERSONAGES BESIDES 8:37 Lu par Eleanor Howard
Chapter 4: HOW BLACKSTICK WAS NOT ASKED TO THE PRINCESS ANGELICA'S CHRISTENING 5:35 Lu par Domenica Campbell
Chapter 5: HOW PRINCESS ANGELICA TOOK A LITTLE MAID 8:05 Lu par Cancer
Chapter 6: HOW PRINCE GIGLIO BEHAVED HIMSELF 11:39 Lu par Cancer
Chapter 7: HOW GIGLIO AND ANGELICA HAD A QUARREL 9:32 Lu par Eleanor Howard
Chapter 8: HOW GRUFFANUFF PICKED THE FAIRY RING UP, AND PRINCE BULBO CAME TO COURT 12:07 Lu par Eleanor Howard
Chapter 9: HOW BETSINDA GOT THE WARMING PAN 10:01 Lu par Domenica Campbell
Chapter 10: HOW KING VALOROSO WAS IN A DREADFUL PASSION 5:28 Lu par Domenica Campbell
Chapter 11: WHAT GRUFFANUFF DID TO GIGLIO AND BETSINDA 18:04 Lu par Domenica Campbell
Chapter 12: HOW BETSINDA FLED, AND WHAT BECAME OF HER 7:20 Lu par Lydia
Chapter 13: HOW QUEEN ROSALBA CAME TO THE CASTLE OF THE BOLD COUNT HOGGINARMO 7:25 Lu par Eleanor Howard
Chapter 14: WHAT BECAME OF GIGLIO 20:12 Lu par Eleanor Howard
Chapter 15: WE RETURN TO ROSALBA 11:06 Lu par Eleanor Howard
Chapter 16: HOW HEDZOFF RODE BACK AGAIN TO KING GIGLIO 8:21 Lu par Eleanor Howard
Chapter 17: HOW A TREMENDOUS BATTLE TOOK PLACE, AND WHO WON IT 14:42 Lu par Eleanor Howard
Chapter 18: HOW THEY ALL JOURNEYED BACK TO THE CAPITAL 11:35 Lu par Lynne T
Chapter 19: AND NOW WE COME TO THE LAST SCENE IN THE PANTOMIME 7:16 Lu par Lynne T

Critiques

Enjoyable


(4 étoiles)

I enjoyed listening to this but I wish I could have read the text with the illustrations instead. I'm not familiar enough with the times in which it was written to appreciate the satire, but the story itself was silly entertaining nonsense, and so much more fun than the average fairy tale. Most of the readers were good, and I thank them for their efforts.

Satirical and sincere


(5 étoiles)

I'd never heard of this book, but it's a new favorite. The wry humor that made Vanity Fair famous is even funnier in the context of a fairy tale. Librivox volunteers once again do an excellent reading, with only the occasional inconsistency in name pronunciation.

Not my favorite


(1 étoile)

I'm not sure what the point was. I did not enjoy the violence, even though I know it was exaggerated for effect. This one might need a reread