The Slipper and the Tree kapak görseli

The Slipper and the Tree

Retold of Old, Book 2

 Önizleme

Standard'ı 30 gün ücretsiz edinin

Deneme süresinden sonra aylık 5,99£. Aylık olarak iptal edilir.
0,00£ karşılığında dene
Diğer seçenekler

The Slipper and the Tree

Yazan: G. Lawrence
Seslendiren: Charles Johnston
0,00£ karşılığında dene

30 gün sonra aylık 5,99£. Dilediğiniz zaman iptal edebilirsiniz.

11,24£ karşılığında satın al

11,24£ karşılığında satın al

Season's Savings | £0.99/mo for 3 months

£5.99/mo after 3 months - terms apply. Cancel monthly

This is a tale of witches and wishes, tales and trees, stepmothers, spells and a girl who sleeps in the ashes by the fire....

But it's not the one you know.

The Slipper and the Tree is a novella, and part of the Retold of Old Series by G. Lawrence. This book is narrated by Charles Johnston.

The author's thanks are due to Brian Milton, proofreader of this work, and Warren Designs, the cover artist.

©2020 Gemma Lawrence (P)2022 Gemma Lawrence Fantasy Historical Kurgu Science Fiction Sihir
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1

Seriye devam et
The Rose and the Raven kapak görseli
The Rose and the Raven Yazan: G. Lawrence
Tüm yıldızlar
En alakalı

Dinleyici bu eseri ücretsiz aldı

I was delighted to be offered an audiobook edition of G Lawrence's second Retold From Old series fairytale novel, The Slipper And The Tree, which is a retelling of the classic Cinderella story. It is beautifully narrated by Charles Johnston and I was entranced during the hours I spent following young Nion, her witch aunt, Gudrun, and of course her stepmother and stepsisters, Niamh, Edith and Rhiannon. Lawrence has fleshed out each of these traditional characters into genuine women so, while The Slipper And The Tree does pretty much follow the overall narrative arc I expected, it also takes diversions allowing me to really understand these people's motivations.

I don't actually know whether The Slipper And The Tree was intentionally written to be read aloud, but I felt it worked perfectly in this format. The omniscient narrator meanders into discussions of grief and love, women's roles in society because of (and in spite of) men's expectations, the dreams of parsnips, and the real conversations had inside libraries. The novel is steeped in a fairytale's magical atmosphere, but with the depth and social illumination of strong historical fiction. So I loved the idea of the rooms within the witch trees, and also the reasoning by which a woman might just maim her body in order to marry an egocentric prince.

If you love reading fairytales and folk stories, I highly recommend picking up a copy of The Slipper And The Tree.

A beautiful retelling

Bir sorun oluştu. Lütfen birkaç dakika sonra tekrar deneyin.