The Witch in the Stone Boat, Andrew Lang
The Witch in the Stone Boat, Andrew Lang
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The Witch in the Stone Boat
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Author: Andrew Lang

Narrator: Karen White

Unabridged: 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 10/01/2013


Synopsis

The King and Queen, getting older in years, found it important that their son, Prince Sigurd, find a lady to marry. His father had a certain princess in mind and Sigurd set off to find her. This king eagerly granted his daughter's hand to Sigurd, but he made the condition that Sigurd must stay to help him govern his kingdom, as he was failing in health. Sigurd agreed, but said that he must return home when he received news of his father's death. When this happened, Sigurd, his wife, and their son began sailing home. They were met with an eerie calm and Sigurd found himself unable to stay away, leaving his wife and son on deck alone. A scary witch boarded the ship and dressing herself as the queen, placed the real queen in her boat and sent her on to the Underworld. Their son would not stop crying and Sigurd noticed a nasty change in his wife's behavior and he did not know what to make of it. Eventually, Sigurd learns that his wife was not actually his wife and that something had gone terribly wrong.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish writer who collected fairy and folk tales from various cultures and put them together in twelve volumes of tales. He was noted for taking the tales from as many original sources as possible, keeping the fairy tales close to their intended meanings.

About Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang (1844–1912), Scottish man of letters educated at the Edinburgh Academy, St. Andrews, and Balliol College, Oxford, became a prolific and versatile London journalist. He took a leading part in the controversy with Max Müller and his school about the interpretation of mythology and folk tales. He published several volumes of verse and several solid contributions to the study of the philosophy and religion of primitive man. He also wrote the four-volume History of Scotland, A History of English Literature, and many fairy-tale collections, as well as works on Homer, Joan of Arc, Scott, Lockhart, Mary Stuart, John Knox, Prince Charlie, Tennyson, and others.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy on October 23, 2017

If fairy stories can't get a five-star rating then what is our standard? Five stars to Andrew Lang and his magnificent collection of colored fairy stories. This Yellow one is one of my favorites. Real fairy stories with real consequences.......more

Goodreads review by Hiba⁷ on April 07, 2018

Haven't quite enjoyed it as much as the previous tomes, I've considered some stories to be a bit vulgar to be read to kids.......more

Goodreads review by Bev on August 05, 2018

I grew up with a copy of Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book. I loved that hardback edition of fairy tales. I read it and reread it and reread it. At that time, I had no idea that there were a whole set of color fairy tales to be had. But I had such fond memories of it that when I spied a modern editi......more

Goodreads review by Manuel on March 11, 2025

ENGLISH: 48 fairy tales: 10 by Andersen; 6 by the Grimm Brothers; 2 German; 4 French; 3 Icelandic; 15 from Eastern Europe; 2 Greek; 3 from the North American Indians. The other 3 are from uncertain origin. The Eastern European tales are from Russia (4), Estonia (1), Bukovina (5), Hungary (2), and Po......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on March 21, 2018

I feel like I saw pretty much the same thing in all my reviews for these books but it was enjoyable. Some were boring and other were good.......more