The Orange Fairy Book

Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912)

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had collected them originally (with the notable exception of Madame d'Aulnoy), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language sources, giving many of these tales their first appearance in English. As acknowledged in the prefaces, although Lang himself made most of the selections, his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and telling of the actual stories.

Many of the books were illustrated by Henry J. Ford. Lancelot Speed, and G. P. Jacomb Hood also contributed some illustrations. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Group: Andrew Lang's Fairy Books

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 00 - Preface Paul Vinson Brown
00:05:50
Play 01 01 - The Story of the Hero Makoma Neeru Iyer
00:16:04
Play 02 02 - The Magic Mirror Neeru Iyer
00:12:51
Play 03 03 - Story of the King Who Would See Paradise Neeru Iyer
00:06:25
Play 04 04 - How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu Paul Vinson Brown
00:12:34
Play 05 05 - Ian, the Soldier's Son jedopi
00:28:59
Play 06 06 - The Fox and the Wolf Kathleen Costa
00:11:28
Play 07 07 - How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon Cate Mackenzie
00:20:21
Play 08 08 - The Ugly Duckling Julie VW
00:24:23
Play 09 09 - The Two Caskets Heather Lawrence
00:21:52
Play 10 10 - The Goldsmith's Fortune Puno
00:06:52
Play 11 11 - The Enchanted Wreath Chris Caron
00:20:15
Play 12 12 - The Foolish Weaver Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
00:04:35
Play 13 13 - The Clever Cat Puno
00:22:17
Play 14 14 - The Story of Manus Chris Caron
00:12:31
Play 15 15 - Pinkel the Thief Chris Caron
00:21:12
Play 16 16 - The Adventures of a Jackal Elli
00:09:10
Play 17 17 - The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son Elli
00:07:45
Play 18 18 - The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal Elli
00:05:54
Play 19 19 - The Three Treasures of the Giants Kathy Liddle
00:19:42
Play 20 20 - The Rover of the Plain Bellona Times
00:20:11
Play 21 21 - The White Doe Gwendolyn Grace
00:44:00
Play 22 22 - The Girl-Fish Puno
00:18:57
Play 23 23 - The Owl and the Eagle Cap'n Pugwash
00:10:18
Play 24 24 - The Frog and the Lion Fairy Laura McElree
00:39:43
Play 25 25 - The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired Chris Caron
00:25:40
Play 26 26 - The Princess Bella-Flor Gwendolyn Grace
00:17:20
Play 27 27 - The Bird of Truth Bob Sherman
00:21:30
Play 28 28 - The Mink and the Wolf VPeek
00:09:49
Play 29 29 - Adventures of an Indian Brave Ted Nugent
00:13:57
Play 30 30 - How the Stalos Were Tricked Maria Therese
00:12:30
Play 31 31 - Andras Baive Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)
00:10:57
Play 32 32 - The White Slipper Gwendolyn Grace
00:26:06
Play 33 33 - The Magic Book Robert White
00:18:46