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English Fairy Tales
- Narrated by: Joanna Daniell
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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Here is a compilation of famous English fairy tales. Although they employed fantasy and often showcased young protagonists, fairy tales were originally meant for adults. Over time the stories grew familiar, moving from strange to charming, and becoming escapist morality plays for all. Some beloved fairy tales originated in England. Narrator Joanna Daniell does justice to each story here. Her voice has a warm, mature timbre. She performs the stories at a leisurely pace so that young listeners can follow along, and older ones can relish the wonderful quirkiness of each piece. And Daniell very convincingly manifests an assortment of quaint characters, many of whom have thick colloquial accents. Her flexible voice slips back and forth between dialogue and narrative with ease.
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- Buddy
- 02-08-23
Hardly know these stories
Hardly know these stories and some of them are really badly written and narrated and done
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- panka33
- 30-12-21
Fantastic, beautiful stories!
I love folklore stories and this collection contains so many of them. The narration is stunning, clear and attractive voice, can't be any better.
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- Emma Ranshaw
- 04-05-22
charming!
boy are there some weird stories in there! our ancestors really did have a way with words! the narratir was funny and really brought them to life though and it was wonderful to hear again tales my great grandad would tell my brother and I and share them with my niece ❤
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- Jane
- 01-01-23
not suitable for children
I found it interesting to hear fairytale other than the well-known Scandinavian tales, but beware! The violence in many tales is likely to be too gruesome and harsh for children.
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- Halojones85
- 29-03-19
Boring
I nearly fell asleep I was so bored 😐 don’t read this book good reader though
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- Mr. M. Elsy
- 12-09-22
Interesting.
I would have liked an introduction and history before each story as the first story Tom Tit Tot was a variation of Rumpkestilskin so I would have liked to have known what came first. Some interesting fairy tales.
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