The Sea Fairies
The Sea Fairies is a 1911 fae fiction and mermaid fiction novella by L. Frank Baum. Readers will find themes of mermaids and magicians.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 180 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 528 editions. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 718 times in the last 30 days.
At about 130 pages, most readers finish it in 2–3 hours. It is in the public domain in the United States and free to read on Project Gutenberg.
About The Sea Fairies
This is a tale of life beneath the sea, of mermaids and sea serpents and other strange inhabitants of the ocean depths. A little girl named Trot and Cap'n Bill, an old sailor, are invited by several mermaids to come and visit their under-water home. Baum wrote this story in the hope of interesting his readers in something other than Oz; in the preface he writes: "I hope my readers who have so long followed Dorothy's adventures in the Land of Oz will be interested in Trot's equally strange experiences." Of course, he did not succeed in distracting his fans from Oz, yet the book was eagerly read; the result of this attempt was that he was forced to introduce Trot and Cap'n Bill into the later Oz stories.
Opening line
“"Nobody," said Cap'n Bill solemnly, "ever sawr a mermaid an' lived to tell the tale."”
Quick answers
Who wrote The Sea Fairies?
The Sea Fairies was written by L. Frank Baum and first published in 1911.
What genre is The Sea Fairies?
It is usually shelved as Fae & Fairy Fiction, Mermaids & Sea Creatures, Historical Fiction and Magicians & Illusionists.
How long is The Sea Fairies?
The median edition has 130 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
Is The Sea Fairies 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.
What books are similar to The Sea Fairies?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Story of Peter Pan, Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie, The Magic Nuts and Burya.
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