Fifty Famous Fairy Tales
- Author Rosemary Kingston
- Narrator Marguerite Gavin
- Publisher Craig Black
- Publish Date 1 January 2006
- Run Time 6 hours and 31 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, Children’s / Teenage: Anthologies.
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What to expect
This wonderful collection incorporates the most timeless tales from the best sources of fairy tales: Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Antoine Galland, translator of The Thousand and One Nights. They are sure to delight audiences of all ages.
Tales in this collection include Puss in Boots, Rumpelstiltskin, The Frog Prince, Cinderella, or the Glass Slipper, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Wild Swans, Snow White and Rose Red, The Spirit in the Bottle, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Bears, The Musicians of Bremen, The Fisherman and His Wife, and many others sure to be familiar to children and adults alike.
Critics Review
u201cGavinu2019s assured, velvety voice is a good match for this adaptationu2026Kingstonu2019s phrasing occasionally sounds a bit formal (consistent with the era of the booku2019s publication)u2026But listeners who get whisked away by the magical elements of these stories wonu2019t mind. Gavinu2019s consistent, even-keeled delivery makes this a good choice for bedtime and quiet time, for listeners both young and older.u201d
“[Gavin’s] pleasant, articulate voice is welcome story after story…an excellent resource for both storytellers and listeners, particularly for literature studies.”
u201cWhat a treat to have a compendium of the greats of folk literature from the European tradition narrated by Marguerite Gavin, who evokes memories of oneu2019s own mother reading the stories by oneu2019s bedsideu2026Gavin adds just the right amount of inflection and variation to bring voice to each character, be it the innocent child, the gruff and rumbly giant, or the calculating innkeeper.u201d
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