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Flower Fables

by Louisa May Alcott

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: FictionJuvenilePrimary source
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"Flower Fables" by Louisa May Alcott is a collection of enchanting tales written in the mid-19th century. These fables explore themes of kindness, love, and moral lessons through the whimsical adventures of fairies and other mystical beings, each story conveying important virtues as they interact with the world around them. The opening portion of "Flower Fables" introduces readers to a vibrant fairyland where fairies gather under the summer moon to share stories. The main fairy, Violet, reveals the plight of her realm, which is threatened by the cruel Frost-King. As she expresses her desire to save the flowers from his cold grasp, the fairies engage in a council to find a solution. Violet bravely volunteers to confront the Frost-King, believing that love can thaw his icy heart. This sets the stage for a tale about the power of love and sacrifice, emphasizing the importance of compassion and selflessness in overcoming adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Fairies” and “fairies”. Retained metadata contains “Fairies” in the description and “Fairies” in the subject metadata.

    • “Fairies”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairies”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Fairies”· via Open Library
    • “fairies”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Fairies”· in description
    • “Fairies”· in subject
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Fairy tales”, “Folklore”, “folklore”, and 3 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the description, “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata, “Folklore” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Fairy tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairy tales”· via Open Library
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “folklore”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “mythology”· via Project Gutenberg

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Editions

Open Library reports 448 editions; 5 cataloged here.

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1898-01-01T00:00:00ZPhiladelphia, h. AltemusEnglish—Public digitized item

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1855-01-01T00:00:00ZBoston : George W. Briggs & Co.English—Public digitized item

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: msn
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 448 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Scanner: iala10
  • Scanner: scribe2.capitolhill.archive.org
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PS1017
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL30056W
Edition coverage
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