The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch. Read in English by mlcui What began as a translation project became a retelling of four classic fairy tales from the Cabinet des Fees, the French collection of over forty volumes. "Certainly the translations, when finished, did not satisfy me, and so I turned back to the beginning and have rewritten the stories in my own way, which (as you may say with the Irish butler) “may not be the best claret, but ’tis the best ye’ve got.” —Preface - Summary by mlcui For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (78MB)

Directors & creators

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;fairy tales

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