Forgotten Classics: Fairy Tales

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11.23.2012

Forgotten Tale 7: The Sea Hag

In which a young girl goes in search of fire from a horrible witch!

The Sea Hag

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References:

Charles Harry Whedbee's books available here
Discussion of YA Heroines on A Good Story is Hard to Find

This book is under copyright and being shared under the Fair Use Act. If you like it, try out any of his books from the link above!

Read about my English adventures at Zombie Parent's Guide.

10.25.2012

Forgotten Tales 6: The Nightingale and the Rose

Oscar Wilde's take on the noble nightingale.

The Nightingale and the Rose

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References:

SurLaLune's reference to this story
Hans Christian Andersen's The Nightingale

This work is in the public domain.

Read about my English adventures at Zombie Parent's Guide.

9.26.2012

Forgotten Tales 5: The Nightingale

Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories (Anchor Folktale Library)

In which a Chinese emperor learns the value of one of his humblest subjects.

The Nightingale

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References:

SurLaLune's annotated version of the story
Maria Tatar's Annotated Hans Christian Andersen
Article from Wikipedia

Read more of Hans Christian Andersen's works here.

Read about my English adventures at Zombie Parent's Guide.

12.27.2011

Forgotten Tales 4: The Steadfast Tin Soldier

In which Hans Christian Andersen's soldier proves his mettle in various adventures.

The Steadfast Tin Soldier

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References:

SurLaLune's annotated version of the story
Maria Tatar's Annotated Hans Christian Andersen
Article from Wikipedia

Read more of Hans Christian Andersen's works here.

3.11.2011

Forgotten Tales 3: Sirena

This tale tells of how a mermaid from Guam got her tail.

Forgotten Tales 3: Sirena

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References:

Sirena statue on Guam (warning, like many mermaids, she is topless!)
Sirena golf balls
Buy Cat Major’s Myths of Guam

2.11.2011

Forgotten Tales 2: Two Lovers

For Valentine's Day, a tale of two lovers from the island of Guam.

Forgotten Tales 2: Two Lovers

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References:

Japanese holdout on Guam from Wikipedia
Pictures of the cave
Different versions of this story
Buy Cat Major’s Myths of Guam
Great Claus and Little Claus comments from Anne is a Man

1.04.2011

Forgotten Tales 1: Great Claus and Little Claus

In which Hans Christian Andersen tells us about two Clauses who belong on Santa's naughty list.

Great Claus and Little Claus

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Read more of Hans Christian Andersen's works here.

10.27.2010

Lagniappe 36: Grimm's Fairy Tales, 1

In which we go on a wild goose chase with Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Grimm's Fairy Tales, 1
(listen or download from link above)

Read by Joseph from Zombie Parent's Guide

(I realized I mislabeled the episode on the file so it says L34 instead of L36 ...
we will be flexible about this, right? Right!)

Get the book here: Grimm's Fairy Tales

References:

The Annotated Brothers Grimm, edited with a preface and notes by Maria Tatar, introduction by A. S. Byatt.
Wikipedia article on The Goose Girl
Wikipedia article on The Golden Goose

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Etymology: American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added
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John Whitbourne, author of The Binscombe Tales says:

A friend has belatedly alerted me to your reading of my ‘The Binscombe Tales – Another Place’ last year.

Having listened twice now I accordingly wanted to contact you and, firstly, say thank you for your kind words re my series. And secondly, to congratulate on both your wonderful reading voice and your particular reading of my humble tale, which, if I may say so, showed remarkable… understanding.

I’ll confess I’ve rarely revisited that particular (first in the long sequence) story, although for no clear reason, and haven’t ever thought of it as any particular favourite. However, after now hearing your version I’ll concede it might have some small merit…

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