The Gold of Fairnilee

Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912)

A fairy story set in Scotland about Jean and Randal and what happens when Randal disappears into fairyland. This is Lang's second fairy tale after Princess Nobody - an enchanting story with occasional Scottish dialect. Randal Ker, son of a Scottish knight, has the rashness to wish at a wishing well that 'he might see the Fairy Queen' and is then is carried off by her to her own dominions and is kept there until a grown man. A true fairy tale. . - Summary by Phil Chenevert

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 I.—The Old House John
00:03:42
Play 02 II.—How Randal’s Father Came Home John
00:08:35
Play 03 III.—How Jean was brought to Fairnlee John
00:08:32
Play 04 IV—Randal and Jean. John
00:12:37
Play 05 V.—The Good Folk John
00:06:58
Play 06 VI.—The Wishing Well John
00:08:02
Play 07 VII.—Where is Randal? John
00:11:09
Play 08 VIII.—The Ill Years John
00:09:40
Play 09 IX.—The White Roses John
00:07:24
Play 10 X.—Out of fairyland John
00:09:39
Play 11 XI.—The Fairy Bottle John
00:06:18
Play 12 XII.—At the Catrail John
00:06:31
Play 13 XIII.—The Gold of Fairnilee. John
00:12:41