The Princess Omnibus Collection: 20 Captivating Storybooks
Twenty Enchanted Tales of Royal Adventure, Hidden Identities, and FolkloreBy M. F. Hutchinson, Charles Dickens, Davis Brinton, David Whitelaw, Elizabeth Von Arnim, Percy James Brebner, John Reed Scott, Julia Magruder, Mary De Morgan, Charles Perrault, Gertrude Crownfield, Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen, Peter Christen Asbjà ̧rnsen, Jà ̧rgen Engebretsen Moe, Virginia Watson, Mrs. Lang, Edith Ogden Harrison, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Amy Brooks, Helen Ashe Hays, Andrew Lang, Gene Stratton-Porter
Length96h 2m
About this audiobook
The Princess Omnibus Collection: 20 Captivating Storybooks gathers a richly various treasury of princess-centered tales, where fairy-tale enchantment meets moral fable, romance, adventure, and domestic comedy. Ranging from folkloric narratives and literary fairy tales to children's stories shaped by Victorian and early twentieth-century sensibilities, the volume reveals how the princess figure can signify courage, curiosity, kindness, independence, and social imagination. Familiar motifs—transformations, quests, tests of character, enchanted courts, and unlikely alliances—acquire fresh tonal and stylistic inflections across the collection. Its contributors represent an unusually broad constellation of storytellers, folklorists, translators, and popular writers. The presence of Scandinavian tale collectors alongside French fairy-tale tradition and Anglo-American children's authors situates the anthology within the long transnational history of wonder tales. Victorian literary culture, the late nineteenth-century revival of folklore, and the formative era of modern children's publishing all inform these selections. Together, these voices preserve inherited narrative patterns while revising them for changing audiences and cultural expectations. Recommended for readers of folklore, children's literature, and classic fantasy, this omnibus offers an inviting opportunity to compare many approaches to royalty, gender, magic, and moral choice within one volume. Its breadth makes it valuable both for leisurely reading and for studying the evolving language of the fairy tale.
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GenreChildren's Literature
Length96 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Princess Kiku
26CHAPTER X
2Princess Kiku
27CHAPTER XI
3PRINCESS KIKU A JAPANESE ROMANCE FEMALE CHARACTERS ONLY
28CHAPTER XII
4COMEDIES AND DRAMAS
29CHAPTER XIII
5The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde, and Other Stories (pt. 1)
30CHAPTER XIV
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6The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde, and Other Stories (pt. 2)
31CHAPTER XV
7Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.
32The Princess Dehra
8Trusia: A Princess of Krovitch
33The Princess Dehra
9Trusia: A Princess of Krovitch
34I THE RECALL
10TRUSIA
35III THE ROYAL COUNCIL
11VI
36VI THE REWARD OF A MEDDLER
12XII
37X A QUESTION OF VENEER
13XVII
38XIII IN THE JAPONICA WALK
14XXI
39XVI A TOO CONVINCING ARGUMENT
15XXIV
40XVIII ON TO LOTZENIA
16Princess White Flame
41XX THE PRINCESS TURNS STRATEGIST
17CHAPTER I
42XXIII THE CANOPY OF SWORDS
18CHAPTER II
43The Princess Galva
19CHAPTER III
44CHAPTER I (pt. 1)
20CHAPTER IV
45CHAPTER I (pt. 2)
21CHAPTER V
46CHAPTER I (pt. 3)
22CHAPTER VI
47The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
23CHAPTER VII
48I
24CHAPTER VIII
49III
25CHAPTER IX
50VI
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