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Fifty Famous Fairy Tales

By: Rosemary Kingston - editor
Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
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About this listen

 Here is a timeless and wonderful collection from the best sources of fairy tales: Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Antoine Galland.

Tales in this collection include: "Puss in Boots", "Rumpelstiltskin", "The Frog Prince", "Cinderella and 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.

(P)2000 Blackstone Audiobooks Classics Collections & Anthologies Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Literature & Fiction

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Critic reviews

"Marguerite Gavin reads the entire collection, and her pleasant, articulate voice is welcome story after story." ( School Library Journal)
"Gavin's assured, velvety voice is a good match for this adaptation of an anthology first published in 1917....Gavin's consistent, even-keeled delivery make this a good choice for bedtime and quiet time, for listeners both young and older." ( Publishers Weekly)
"What a treat to have a compendium of the greats of folk literature from the European tradition narrated by Marguerite Gavin, who evokes memories of one's own mother reading the stories by one's bedside. Her steady, soothing voice navigates the familiar...and treasured, but less well-known, tales." ( AudioFile)
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Took me a week to Finnish great storytelling great narration, great stories, modern nice classics

Great

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The narrator reads so quickly like she's in a rush to get done Really ruined it for me some of these more stories deserve better than that

Quick read

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At first the narrator's voice sounds a little monotone. Stick with it though and you soon get used to this and really start to enjoy the great stories, of which there are so many. Best of all many of them are quite unusual, and not the sort of thing that turns up time and again in children's books. Recommended listening.

Very good with lots of original stories

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Could Audible please warn us if they use American voices? It is most off putting, grating and patronising.

Dreadfully American

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Lots of stories, but read in a monotone voice.

Poor. Boring voice.

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Dreadful. So negative, anti female, teaches children that they have no right to consent. Particularly girls. Not suitable for children of we want to keep them safe. All the wrong messages!

Dreadful.

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