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The Diamond Fairy Book

Various

Join brave (and cowardly) princes, vain and pretty princesses, (as well as some who are good of heart) and mysterious wizards in this collection of fairy stories! Hear about the beautiful but heavy necklace of tears, river monsters, an enchanted bridge and many other fantastical things!(Summary by ShrimpPhish)

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Princess Crystal, or the Hidden Treasure, A Story by Isabel Bellerby	ShrimpPhish	00:13:37
Play 02	The Story of the Invisible Kingdom, from the German of Richard Leander	ShrimpPhish	00:21:11
Play 03	How Sampo Lappelill saw the Mountain King, from the Swedish of Z Topelius	ShrimpPhish	00:21:00
Play 04	The Witch-Dancer's Doom, A Briton Legend	ShrimpPhish	00:10:05
Play 05	The Three Valleys, From the German	ShrimpPhish	00:18:17
Play 06	The Spring-tide of Love, by Pleydell North	ShrimpPhish	00:24:03
Play 07	Ringfalla Bridge, by K E Sutter	ShrimpPhish	00:17:57
Play 08	The Children's Fairy, from the French of Saint-Juirs	ShrimpPhish	00:13:49
Play 09	"Wittysplinter", from the German of Clemens Brentano	ShrimpPhish	00:18:04
Play 10	The Mid-day Rock, from the French of J. Jarry	ShrimpPhish	00:15:39
Play 11	Lillekort, from the French of Xavier Marmier	ShrimpPhish	00:11:29
Play 12	The Ten Little Fairies, from the French of George Mitchell	ShrimpPhish	00:15:23
Play 13	The Magician and his Pupil, from the German of A. Godin	ShrimpPhish	00:16:32
Play 14	The Strawberry Thief, from the German of Pauline Schanz	ShrimpPhish	00:18:59
Play 15	The Adventures of Said, from the German of W. Hauff	ShrimpPhish	00:28:42
Play 16	Little Blue Flower, from the German by Miss F. E. Hynam	ShrimpPhish	00:18:31
Play 17	"The Princess Who Despised all Men", by Charles Smith Cheltnam	ShrimpPhish	00:23:40
Play 18	The Necklace of Tears, by Mrs. Egerton Eastwick	ShrimpPhish	00:24:26
Play 19	The Prince and the Lions, from the Persian	ShrimpPhish	00:15:23

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