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Six Fairy Tales by Maurice Baring
Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English short story writer, children's writer, novelist, travel writer and war correspondent during the First World War. This is a collection of six of the magical fairy stories he wrote for children. The Glass Mender The Silver Mountain The Wise Princess The Cunning Apprentice The Minstrel The Blue Rose
Maurice Baring (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)
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The Great Fairy Tale Collection
A fascinating collection of some of the great - but less well known - fairy tales of all time. The Glass Mender The Giant who had no Heart The Gifts of the Magician The Miller, his Son and their Ass Punchkin The Enchanted Knife The Minstrel The Stonecutter The Parrot The Alligator and the Jackal The Stag at the Pool The Cormorants of Udrost The Three Dogs The Brahman, the Tiger and the Six Judges The Pancake East of the Sun and West of the Moon The Stag in the Ox Stall The Lad and the Devil The Blue Rose The Man who was going to Mind the House The Golden Mermaid The Lads who met the Trolls in Hedale Woods The Curse of the Seven Children The Frog The Blind Man, the Deaf Man and the Donkey The Cunning Apprentice An Old Fashioned Christmas Eve The Eagle and the Jackdaw The Two Frogs The Silver Mountain The Donkey Skin Tit for Tat The Old Woman and the Physician The Wise Princess The Bronze Ring The Princess who was hidden Underground Matthias the Hunter's Stories The Language of Animals Mercury and the Workmen Peter Gynt
Andrew Lang, Maurice Baring (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)
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Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English short story writer, children's writer, novelist, travel writer and war correspondent during the First World War. "The Wise Princess" is a take on the traditional Russian fairy tale of the frog princess. Three princes are instructed by their father, the king, to fire their arrows at random and marry whichever maiden it lands near to. The youngest son's arrow lands in a marsh next to a frog. But the frog turns out to be a wise princess in disguise - and when the prince sees the princess in her true form he falls in love with her. One night when the princess is not wearing her frogskin, the princes takes it and burns it. The princess is forced to flee and the prince must embark on a long and difficult quest to find his lovely bride.
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Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English travel writer, novelist and war correspondent during World War I. 'Dr. Faust's Last Day' tells the story of a 70-year-old scholar who lives a regular studious life. On his birthday he invites his friends over for lunch, but he is puzzled by a strange note written in red ink which arrives from an unknown gentleman. The writer says he cannot make the lunch party but will call just after midnight.
Maurice Baring (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)
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Four Short Stories by Maurice Baring
Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English short story writer, novelist, and travel writer and war correspondent during the First World War. This audiobook presents four varied examples of Baring's inventive storytelling, ranging from classic horror, to a ghost story with a twist, to classic literary fiction, to classic sci-fi. Includes 'The Island', 'The Shadow of a Midnight', 'Dr. Faust's Last Day' and 'Venus'.
Maurice Baring (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)
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Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English short story writer, children's writer, novelist, travel writer and war correspondent during the First World War. The Blue Rose is a fairy tale about a Chinese princess who is as clever as she is beautiful. When her father sets out to find her a husband, she determines to make her own choice. The Emperor declares that whoever can find and bring his daughter a blue rose shall wed her. But the wise princess is able to debunk all the blue roses proffered and at the same time works out a way to favour her own lover.
Maurice Baring (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)
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Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English writer who retold traditional fairy tales from many countries. The Cunning Apprentice is a fairy tale set in Russia. It tells the story of a young lad who is apprenticed to a wicked sorcerer who intends to use his magic to trick the boy's parents into giving up their son to him forever. Only the cunning of the lad enables him to turn the magician's magic against him.
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Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English short story writer, children's writer, novelist, travel writer and war correspondent during the First World War. The Glass Mender is a fairy story about a princess named Rainbow, who as a baby is cursed by a wicked fairy. If Rainbow hears or sees the spring, her happiness will end. Her parents decide to keep her in a tower for three months every year...but will they be able to keep her away from the spring forever?
Maurice Baring (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)
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Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English short story writer, children's writer, travel writer and war correspondent during the First World War. The Minstrel is a classic fairy tale about a childless couple who are granted a wish by a fairy. They wish for a daughter. The fairy gives them a heart-shaped copper coin to hang over their hearth, telling them that they must never give it away, for if they do, they will be giving away their daughter. One day, years later, when the beautiful child is home alone, a minstrel comes by and sings a lovely, captivating song. The girl gives the minstrel the heart-shaped copper coin from above the hearth...and her fate is sealed....
Maurice Baring (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)
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Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English short story writer, children's writer, novelist, travel writer and war correspondent during the First World War. The Silver Mountain is a fairy story about a king who sends his three sons on a quest. They are to search for the silver mountain. Whichever one of them finds it will inherit the kingdom. But they soon discover that everyone out in the world seems to be looking for the silver mountain, and nobody knows where it is.
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Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English short story writer, novelist, and travel writer and war correspondent during the First World War. Venus is a peculiar story about a reclusive and eccentric civil servant who becomes increasingly susceptible to strange fits where he seems to be transported to another planet where giant mushrooms grow and myriads of strange caterpillars and exotic butterflies abound. Over time the visions become stranger and more and more terrifying.
Maurice Baring (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)
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Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English short story writer, children's writer, novelist, travel writer and war correspondent during the First World War. The Blue Rose is a fairy tale about a Chinese princess who is as clever as she is beautiful. When her father sets out to find her a husband, she determines to make her own choice. The Emperor declares that whoever can find and bring his daughter a blue rose shall wed her. But the wise princess is able to debunk all the blue roses proffered and at the same time works out a way to favour her own lover.
Maurice Baring (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)
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