The Brown Owl: A Fairy Story

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The Brown Owl: A Fairy Story

by Ford Madox Ford

EN·~2 hours·2 chapters

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2 total
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The Brown Owl

0:23
2

THE BROWN OWL

2:22:03

Description

In a realm that predates even the earliest empires, a venerable king rules a vast western kingdom with the aid of his unrivaled magical power. As his hundred‑year reign draws to a close, the king summons the court of magicians to pledge their loyalty to his young daughter, the beautiful Princess Ismara. On his deathbed he makes a single enigmatic request: that she learn to cherish the Brown Owl, a creature whose nature remains a mystery.

Determined to honor her father's last wish, Ismara sets out to uncover the Owl's true identity, guided by the steadfast Chancellor Merrymineral, whose devotion to the royal family is unwavering. Along her path she encounters enchanted forests, ancient spells, and a society divided between magician aristocrats and ordinary folk, each offering clues to the Owl's secret. The narrative unfolds as a gentle fairy tale, blending wonder with the trials of a young princess stepping into her own destiny. Listeners will be drawn into a world where magic feels both timeless and intimately human.

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Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (136K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Em and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2015-05-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford

1873–1939

A restless, inventive voice of early modernism, he wrote sharply about memory, war, and the messy ways people understand one another. He is best known today for The Good Soldier and the Parade's End novels, but he also helped shape literary culture as an editor and champion of new writers.

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