From the publisher:
The Olive Fairy Book includes unusual stories from Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, the Sudan, and the pen of Anatole France. But all of the stories are told in the common language of the fairy tale, and their heroes -- the Green Knight who is saved by a soup made from nine snakes, the lovely Dorani who flies every night to fairyland, the king who understands the language of the animals -- will be welcome to children and grown-ups alike.
All in all, this collection contains 29 stories, all narrated in clear lively prose. Not only are Lang's collections generally considered to contain the best English versions of the standard stories; they are the richest and widest in range.
Table of Contents:
- Madschun
- The Blue Parrot
- Geirlaug the King's Daughter
- The Story of Little King Loc
- A Long-bow Story
- Jackal or Tiger?
- The Comb and the Collar
- The Thanksgiving of the Wazir
- Samba the Coward
- Kupti and Imani
- The Strange Adventures of Little Maia
- Diamond cut Diamond
- The Green Knight
- The Five Wise Words of the Guru
- The Golden-headed Fish
- Dorani
- The Satin Surgeon
- The Billy Goat and the King
- The Story of Zoulvisia
- Grasp all, Lose all
- The Fate of the Turtle
- The Snake Prince
- The Prince and Princess in the Forest
- The Clever Weaver
- The Boy who found Fear at last
- He Wins who Waits
- The Steel Cane
- The Punishment of the Fairy Gangana
- The Silent Princess
