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But that’s when things get interesting because the eldest princess is a great reader.

Once upon a time, in a kingdom between the sea and the mountains, between the forest and the desert, there lived a King and Queen with three daughters.Įventually, the eldest daughter is sent on a quest for the good of her kingdom. Next comes my favourite of the short stories: “The Story of the Eldest Princess”. How can you not want to know what happens next? There was once a young sailor who had nothing but his courage and his bright eyes-but those were very bright-and the stregnth the gods gave him, which was sufficient. I don’t want to say much more, but it’s rather as if Edgar Allen Poe decided to write a fairy tale. It hits the perfect fairy tale note! “Gode’s Story” has more of a macabre, ghost feel to it Gode is a sailor who falls in love with a village girl. “The Glass Coffin” is a quest story, with a tailor setting off in search of work, but when he can’t find that he settles for adventure. If you’ve read Possession, you’ve already encountered the first two stories: “The Glass Coffin” and “Gode’s Story”.

The short stories are written in a traditional, fairy tale style, and I loved three of the four. I’m a big fan of Byatt, and this is the third short story collection of hers I’ve read, so I was prepared for some top-notch writing. Byatt’s The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye, which has four short stories and the title novella, as part of the Mythopoeic Challenge. Look! It’s Sunday and I’ve read a short story collection! This week, I read A.S.

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