About the book
A magical ring and rose complicate royal romances in a playful fairy tale of rival kingdoms.
LibriVox recording; public domain in the United States.
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- Prelude · 2 minutes
- Chapter 1: SHOWS HOW THE ROYAL FAMILY SAT DOWN TO BREAKFAST · 6 minutes
- Chapter 2: HOW KING VALOROSO GOT THE CROWN, AND PRINCE GIGLIO WENT WITHOUT · 6 minutes
- Chapter 3: TELLS WHO THE FAIRY BLACKSTICK WAS, AND WHO WERE EVER SO MANY GRAND PERSONAGES BESIDES · 8 minutes
- Chapter 4: HOW BLACKSTICK WAS NOT ASKED TO THE PRINCESS ANGELICA'S CHRISTENING · 5 minutes
- Chapter 5: HOW PRINCESS ANGELICA TOOK A LITTLE MAID · 8 minutes
- Chapter 6: HOW PRINCE GIGLIO BEHAVED HIMSELF · 11 minutes
- Chapter 7: HOW GIGLIO AND ANGELICA HAD A QUARREL · 9 minutes
- Chapter 8: HOW GRUFFANUFF PICKED THE FAIRY RING UP, AND PRINCE BULBO CAME TO COURT · 12 minutes
- Chapter 9: HOW BETSINDA GOT THE WARMING PAN · 10 minutes
- Chapter 10: HOW KING VALOROSO WAS IN A DREADFUL PASSION · 5 minutes
- Chapter 11: WHAT GRUFFANUFF DID TO GIGLIO AND BETSINDA · 18 minutes
- Chapter 12: HOW BETSINDA FLED, AND WHAT BECAME OF HER · 7 minutes
- Chapter 13: HOW QUEEN ROSALBA CAME TO THE CASTLE OF THE BOLD COUNT HOGGINARMO · 7 minutes
- Chapter 14: WHAT BECAME OF GIGLIO · 20 minutes
- Chapter 15: WE RETURN TO ROSALBA · 11 minutes
- Chapter 16: HOW HEDZOFF RODE BACK AGAIN TO KING GIGLIO · 8 minutes
- Chapter 17: HOW A TREMENDOUS BATTLE TOOK PLACE, AND WHO WON IT · 14 minutes
- Chapter 18: HOW THEY ALL JOURNEYED BACK TO THE CAPITAL · 11 minutes
- Chapter 19: AND NOW WE COME TO THE LAST SCENE IN THE PANTOMIME · 7 minutes