The Crimson Fairy Book

Author(s): Andrew Lang

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Narrators: Jenny Lundak, Tim Ferreira, Patrick Reinhart, Kelleywyskiel, Terra Mendoza, Sherlock85, Mary-Beth Blackburn, Imagine, Elli, Breezyweezy, Jefferson Montoya, Maria Therese

Number of Chapters: 37

Length: 10 hours and 04 minutes

Language: English

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)