
FAIRY TALES
A modest collection of modern fairy tales invites young listeners into a world where everyday struggles become the fabric of enchantment. Each story features familiar creatures—a rose‑bush, a sparrow, a loyal dog—who confront the invisible forces that keep the poor at bay while the rich live untouched. Through gentle dialogue and vivid images, the tales illuminate how generosity, solidarity and questioning the status quo can turn simple acts into powerful resistance.
The narratives are rooted in the lives of working families, showing how even a tiny thorn or a humble feather can challenge a distant master’s authority. By weaving moral lessons with engaging characters, the book encourages children to see the value of cooperation and to ask why the world is unfair. Listeners will find comfort in stories that celebrate ordinary heroes and spark a hopeful curiosity about building a kinder, more equal future.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (84K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2021-11-07
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1883–1951
Born into Austrian nobility, she became a sharp, politically engaged writer and translator whose work carried socialist ideas into novels, stories, and fairy tales. Her life crossed empires, revolutions, and exile, giving her writing unusual energy and range.
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