Fairy Tales of the Fiercer Sex
Written by The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Flora Annie Steel and
Narrated by Alison Larkin
()
About this audiobook
Hailed by the Times as "hugely entertaining", award-winning narrator Alison Larkin selects fairytales of strong, brave, independent, at times irreverent girls and women who take charge of their lives, go on their own adventures, rescue themselves, and sometimes even save the men they love.
These are not stories of helpless females shut up in high towers waiting around for a handsome man to rescue them while they sleep for years or brush their golden hair a lot. These heroines have far more to distinguish them than the fact that they (sometimes) end up married to a prince.
Selected and introduced by Alison Larkin, the stories are:
"The Snow Queen", "Molly Whuppie and the Double-faced Giant", "A Pottle of Brains", "Cap o' Rushes", "Hansel and Gretel", "Mr. Fox", "Clever Grethel", "Kari Woodengown", "The Twelve Dancing Princesses", "Felicia and the Pot of Pinks", "The Iron Stove", "The Hedley Kow", "The Six Sillies", "Baba Yaga", "The Old Woman in the Woods", "The Idle Spinner", "The Twelve Brothers", "Frederick and Catherine", "Little Red Cap", and "Beauty and the Beast."
Award-winning audio-book narrator, comedienne, and best-selling author of The English American Alison Larkin is also a classically trained actress who has appeared on Broadway with the Royal National Theater and off-Broadway with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
The Brothers Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786- 1859) created some of the most iconic folk and fairy tales in the world. Well revered academics, philosophers, cultural researchers, and then celebrated authors, the brothers Grimm dedicated their lives to establishing the modern day study of folklore. Growing up during the rise of the Romantic movement, the brothers were among the first to capture and collect stories that have become some of the most influential of our time, such as Cinderella, The Frog Prince, and Rapunzel in their first volume of Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children’s and Household Tales).
More audiobooks from The Brothers Grimm
Snow-White and Rose-Red Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Classics for Kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrimm's Fairy Tales Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Briar Rose (or, Sleeping Beauty) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Goose-Girl Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRapunzel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBedtime Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grimm’s Fairy Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Twelve Dancing Princesses Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTom Thumb Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Fairy Tales of the Fiercer Sex
Related audiobooks
Ancient Scottish Tales: Traditional, Romantic & Legendary Folk and Fairy Tales of the Highlands Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fairy Tales Of Old Europe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Scottish Fairy Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5East of the Sun and West of the Moon: A Norwegian Folktale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tatterhood Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fairy Tales for kid's. Selection # 3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings20 Short Stories for Little Girls Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFeminist Folktales from Around the World, Volumes 1-4 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Vasilisa the Wise: and other tales of Brave Young Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Baba Yaga Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Woodland Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland: narrated by the author Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tales of Folk and Fairies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Amateur Witch and Other Witchy Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder by Witchcraft: A Pendle Witch Short Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Celtic Fairy Tales Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Sense and Sensibility | Pride and Prejudice: With Songs from Regency England Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTales of Irish Myths Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5More English Fairy Tales Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBetween Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ask Baba Yaga: The Audiobook Collection Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fairy Tales for Fearless Girls Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClassic Hallowe'en Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 100 greatest fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American Indian Fairy Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Celtic Mythology: Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Christmas Fairy Tales Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Winter Crone: The Arcane Tales of Tamsyn Pride Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Classics For You
Frankenstein Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Flowers in the Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5To Kill a Mockingbird Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Farewell to Arms Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Master and Margarita Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Sherlock Holmes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Atlas Shrugged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Name of the Rose Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fountainhead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Picture of Dorian Gray: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gone With The Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Gatsby Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sense and Sensibility Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bell Jar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Series of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice, A: The Bad Beginning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Perks of Being a Wallflower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Thousand Ships: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Old Man and the Sea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Prince: Machiavelli Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/520,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5White Noise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Tale of Two Cities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5War & Peace - Volume I Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beowulf: Translated by Seamus Heaney Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Crucible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Fairy Tales of the Fiercer Sex
0 ratings0 reviews