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Magicians & IllusionistsClassic FantasyFairy Tales & Folklore

The Brown Owl, a Fairy Story

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  • 1891 first published
  • 165 pages
  • 7 editions
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Ford Madox Ford's The Brown Owl, a Fairy Story (1891) is a stage-magic fiction and classic fantasy novel. It deals with fairy tales, princesses, fathers and daughters and kings and rulers.

It has been published in 7 editions.

It runs to roughly 165 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Fairy tales
  • Princesses
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Kings and rulers
  • Owls
  • Magic
  • Magicians
  • Courtship

Quick answers

Who wrote The Brown Owl, a Fairy Story?

The Brown Owl, a Fairy Story was written by Ford Madox Ford and first published in 1891.

What genre is The Brown Owl, a Fairy Story?

It is usually shelved as Magicians & Illusionists, Classic Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Folklore and Classic Love Stories.

How long is The Brown Owl, a Fairy Story?

The median edition has 165 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Brown Owl, a Fairy Story?

Readers who like it often enjoy Plays (36), The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale) and The Patchwork Girl of Oz.

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