Résumé
Résumé de Le Livre vert des fées
À qui s’adresse-t-il ?
Readers who love talking animals, fairy courts, magic objects and tales told one after another, and families who like to share stories aloud by turns, one short tale at a sitting.
De quoi parle ce livre ?
What would you do if a snuffbox asked what you want, and answered every wish? The Green Fairy Book gathers dozens of tales from many countries. Andrew Lang edited it as the third of his colored fairy books, drawing on French court writers, village tellers and the Brothers Grimm. You meet witches, enchanted birds, magic rings and clever youngest sons. Begin with a king who must live as a bird for seven years.
Dans ce résumé
- 1A faithful king becomes a Blue BirdFree
- 2Rudeness and mockery bring their own punishment
- 3Magic objects grant wishes and test the owner
- 4French court fairies test love and vanity
- 5A tiny prince climbs the Ice Mountain
- 6Cunning and kindness help the youngest and weakest
- 7Russian and German stories of promises and forgetting
- 8The Grimm tales bring riddles, tasks and loyal animals
- 9What these tales are really about
Point clé 1 sur 9
A faithful king becomes a Blue Bird
The book opens with The Blue Bird, a court tale by Madame d'Aulnoy. King Charming loves Princess Fiordelisa, but her new stepmother wants him for her own ugly daughter, Turritella. From the first page, love, trickery and magic pull against each other.
The Queen locks Fiordelisa in a tower, and Turritella answers at a dark window in her place. Charming gives his ring to the wrong girl. When he refuses to marry her, the Fairy Mazilla changes him into a Blue Bird for seven years. He still flies to the tower each night, brings Fiordelisa jewels and sings with her, until the Queen sets a trap of knives in the fir tree.
The tale sets a pattern you will meet again and again: a test, a helper, and a hero who wins by patience.
That’s 1 of 9 key points.
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About this edition
Every format is free to start, and print and large print are at cost.
- LengthAbout 121,000 words
- Reading timeAbout 8 h 5 min
- FormatseBook, large-print eBook, audiobook, 15-minute summary
- LanguagesEnglish and 11 other languages
Questions about Le Livre vert des fées
What is The Green Fairy Book about?
The stories feature witches, enchanted animals, fairies, magic objects and clever heroes, and they are short enough to enjoy one at a time.
Who wrote The Green Fairy Book?
Andrew Lang edited it. The stories are not his own but come from many sources, including French court authors such as Madame d'Aulnoy and the Count de Caylus, and the Brothers Grimm, who wrote down old tales.
Is The Green Fairy Book good for reading aloud?
It suits reading aloud well. The tales are brief and have clear steps, repeated rhymes, helpful animals and plain, lively language, so a listener can follow each one easily and pick up the next whenever they like.
Which stories are in The Green Fairy Book?
It includes The Blue Bird, The Half-Chick, Caliph Stork, Heart of Ice, The Three Little Pigs, The Story of the Three Bears, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs, and many Grimm tales such as The White Snake and The Fisherman and His Wife.
What is the main message of the stories?
Kindness, patience and good sense are rewarded, while greed, vanity and rudeness bring trouble. Many tales also show that small or overlooked heroes win through loyalty, humor and help from friends they have treated well.