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Circus & CarnivalClassic FantasyFairy Tales & Folklore

The Fairy Caravan

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  • 1929 first published
  • 225 pages
  • 9 editions
  • 🎧 4 h 07 min free audiobook
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Beatrix Potter's The Fairy Caravan (1929) is a circus fiction and classic fantasy novel. Readers will find themes of circus, animals, Donna Harsh Collection and english author.

7 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 675 times in the last 30 days.

At about 225 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours. It is in the public domain, so you can read it free on Project Gutenberg or listen to the 4 h 07 min LibriVox audiobook.

About The Fairy Caravan

The Fairy Caravan is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published in 1929 by Alexander McKay in Philadelphia. As noted by Leslie Linder, "Potter did not wish for an English edition of The Fairy Caravan, because she felt the stories were 'too personal – too autobiographical' to publish in this country". To secure English copyright, however, Potter produced 100 copies with the first eighteen pages discarded and replaced by sheets privately printed in Ambleside by George Middleton. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)
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Free audiobook

The Fairy Caravan — LibriVox recording, 4 h 07 min in 23 sections.

Public-domain recording by volunteer readers. Listen online, download MP3s or stream from the Internet Archive.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Circus
  • Animals
  • Fantasy
  • Donna Harsh Collection
  • English author
  • Circus animals
  • Magic
  • Fairy tales, classification
  • Fairy tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Animals, Juvenile fiction
  • Children's stories
  • Circus, Juvenile fiction
  • Guinea pigs, Juvenile fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote The Fairy Caravan?

The Fairy Caravan was written by Beatrix Potter and first published in 1929.

What genre is The Fairy Caravan?

It is usually shelved as Circus & Carnival, Classic Fantasy and Fairy Tales & Folklore.

How long is The Fairy Caravan?

The median edition has 225 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is The Fairy Caravan free to read?

Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

Is there a free audiobook of The Fairy Caravan?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 4 h 07 min.

What books are similar to The Fairy Caravan?

Readers who like it often enjoy Wet Magic, The Yellow Fairy Book and Ozma of Oz.

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