Fairy Tales & Folklore

Islands of Magic

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  • 1922 first published
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Islands of Magic is a 1922 folklore and fairy tales novel by Elsie Spicer Eells.

A free LibriVox audiobook (3 h 57 min) is available.

About Islands of Magic

LEGENDS, FOLK AND FAIRY TALES FROM THE AZORES. Some three-fourths of the distance between America and Europe there is a group of nine beautiful islands called the Azores which belong to Portugal. Their names are Flores, Corvo, Fayal, Pico, S. Jorge, Graciosa, Terceira, S. Miguel, and Santa Maria. Many people think them to be the mountain peaks of the submerged continent, Atlantis, which long ago was covered by the ocean.However, when I spent December 1920 and January 1921 in the Azores, I found that there were not only pleasant folktales there but even real fairies. They inhabit the wooded slopes of Monte Brasil on the island of Terceira. The fisher folk who visit the barren Ilheos de Cabras on the Bay of Angra know that there are fairies living in those rocky isles even yet when the boys and girls of the Azores are sailing away from them to seek their fortunes in America. Have they not often seen the fairy garments spread out upon the rocks in the bright sunshine? (Summary by book preface)
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Islands of Magic — LibriVox recording, 3 h 57 min in 34 sections.

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Who wrote Islands of Magic?

Islands of Magic was written by Elsie Spicer Eells and first published in 1922.

What genre is Islands of Magic?

It is usually shelved as Fairy Tales & Folklore.

Is there a free audiobook of Islands of Magic?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 3 h 57 min.

What books are similar to Islands of Magic?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Wind in the Willows, Peter Pan and A Princess of Mars.

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