Résumé
Résumé de Le Livre violet des contes de fées
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Listeners who love fairy tales, folklore from around the world, clever heroes and heroines, talking animals and magic objects.
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What would you do if a stranger offered to guide you out of a forest, but only if you promised him the first thing that comes out of your house to greet you? The Violet Fairy Book gathers thirty-five tales from Estonia, Serbia, Romania, Japan, East Africa and beyond. These old stories pass from one generation to the next. You meet dragons, clever girls, talking animals and magic gifts. Start with a girl who steps into a forbidden wood.
Dans ce résumé
- 1These tales come from many lands and agesFree
- 2A girl finds a hidden home in the Tontlawald
- 3Clever tongues beat greed and bad tempers
- 4A rich man cannot cheat what fate has promised
- 5Courage and loyal beasts face monsters
- 6Petru seeks water from the Fairy of Dawn
- 7Girls and women take bold roles
- 8Magic brings wonders and dangerous bargains
- 9Kindness is repaid and envy comes to nothing
Point clé 1 sur 9
These tales come from many lands and ages
These stories belong to a tradition older than reading and writing. Country people remember them and pass them on, changing them as they go. Animals speak, stones hold secrets, and magic takes the place of science.
The thirty-five tales come from places including Romania, Serbia, Estonia, Japan and East Africa. Their heroes range from poor children to powerful rulers. Magic reaches cottages as readily as palaces.
Hear the tales as cousins of one another. The same bargains, rescues, tests and punishments return in new clothes, from forest to desert to sea.
That’s 1 of 9 key points.
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Who’s who
- The Monkey
- The Monkey is a quick-witted creature whom the Jelly-fish seeks to bring to the Dragon King's palace.
- The Jelly-fish
- The Jelly-fish serves the Dragon King, who sends him to bring the Monkey beneath the sea.
About this edition
Every format is free to start, and print and large print are at cost.
- LengthAbout 104,000 words
- Reading timeAbout 6 h 55 min
- FormatseBook, large-print eBook, audiobook, 15-minute summary
- LanguagesEnglish and 11 other languages
Questions about Le Livre violet des contes de fées
What is The Violet Fairy Book about?
It is a collection of thirty-five folk and fairy tales from many countries, with dragons, witches, talking animals, clever heroes and heroines, magic gifts and tests of courage, each one short enough to be enjoyed on its own.
Did Andrew Lang write the stories in The Violet Fairy Book?
No. Lang explains in his preface that he is the editor, not the author. The stories are old folk tales that country people told for generations, which scholars later wrote down.
Where do the tales in The Violet Fairy Book come from?
They come from many places, including Estonia, Serbia, Romania, Russia, Japan, Italy, Germany, Scandinavia and East Africa.
Is The Violet Fairy Book easy to follow by ear?
Yes, in the sense that matters: each tale is a separate story with a clear beginning, middle and end, plain language, and familiar patterns like three tasks and magic helpers that make it simple to follow and remember.
What is the main message of The Violet Fairy Book?
Many tales show that kindness to the small and weak is repaid, while greed, envy and cruelty fail. They also praise wit, loyalty and courage, and they treat clever girls and boys as equal heroes.