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Frances Browne

First published 1857
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Chapter one of <i>Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times</i> presents most of the frame story that concludes in the last two pages of the final chapter nine, "Prince Wisewit Returns". It introduces granddaughter Snowflower and the story-telling chair, of fairy times in the distant past. (Intervening chapters may contain bits of the frame story. Snowflower gains status in court as the chair tells quality stories.)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1857 Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times Griffith and Farran Collection |1
1891 Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh Collection 9
1900 Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times E. P. Dutton Collection |1
1910 Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton Collection 3
1916 Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times E. P. Dutton Collection 3
1924 Granny's Wonderful Chair The Macmillan Company Collection
April 2011 Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times Project Gutenberg Collection |1
August 2011 Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times LibriVox Collection |1