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The Black Thief And Knight of the Glen and Brother And Sister | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)
And we finish our week of releases with another double bill - including one story that's pretty great, and another that loses its way a bit...
The more successful of the two is the first Irish legend to feature in the Lang collections, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen, performed by Martin, which is a shaggy dog story featuring thrilling flights of fancy and a surprisingly clever plot.
Then comes Brother and Sister, read by Eleanor, which is a tale of two dipstick siblings who opt not to become tigers.
It has a ghost, as well - albeit the payoff to that whole section feels pretty lame…
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