Little, Big Audiobook By John Crowley cover art

Little, Big

or, The Fairies' Parliament

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 Months Free

$8.99/mo. after 3 months. Cancel anytime.
Get this deal
Offer ends on July 15, 2026 at 11:59 PT.
More purchase options

Little, Big

By: John Crowley
Narrated by: John Crowley
Get this deal

$8.99/mo. after 3 months. Cancel anytime. Offer ends July 15, 2026 at 11:59pm PT.

Buy for $28.14

Buy for $28.14

Edgewood - which is not found on any map - is many houses, all put inside each other or across each other. It’s filled with and surrounded by mystery and enchantment; the further in you go, the bigger it gets.

Smoky Barnable, who has fallen in love with Daily Alice Drinkwater, travels from the City on foot to Edgewood, her family home. There he finds himself on the magical border of an otherworld.

Crowley’s work has a special alchemy - mixing the world we know with an imagined world that seems more true and real. Winner of the World Fantasy Award, Little, Big is elegant, sensual, funny, and unforgettable. It is a story of fantastic love and heartrending loss, of impossible things and unshakable destinies, and of the great Tale that envelops us all. It is a wonder.

John Crowley is an American writer who has also worked in television and documentary films. His fantasy and science fiction have established him as a major voice in imaginative writing. His other novels include The Deep, Engine Summer, and Ægypt.

©1981 2010 by John Crowley; Edition 2010 by Ron Drummond (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Accolades & Awards

World Fantasy Award
1982
Fantasy World Fantasy Award Fiction Heartfelt Romance Funny
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1

Critic reviews

“A book that all by itself calls for a redefinition of fantasy.” (Ursula K. Le Guin)
All stars
Most relevant
The rhythm of the rhetoric and narration is beautiful. Inspires a whimsical sense of wonder. I enjoyed relaxing with this at the end of the day.

Fantastic!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
... but for those for whom it is, it is beautiful. If it seems slow to you at first, consider that this book, like the house at Edgewood, is made of time

not for everyone....

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It was a looonnnnng story. At first I felt impatient with this thinking this is so long, how am I ever going to get through it? After a while, however, I became so engrossed in the whole thing I forgot to think how long it was, and the hours just flew by.

I borrowed this book through the Romance Package but may buy it at some point because this story is so deeply complex with so much going on and so many, many details it was quite impossible ( for me, anyway) to grasp everything in the first go round. In fact, I think this is something I would enjoy listening to again and again, getting more of the details and a deeper understanding each time.

Oh, and the author, John Crowley, does a really mind blowing job with the narration- wonderful, just wonderful! His sweet voice and hypnotic tone add more (enchantment) to an already enchanting tale.

Would I recommend this audiobook? Oh yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes!!

A SAGA SO....FANTASTICAL, PHANTASMAGORICAL

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I enjoyed the story and the narration immensely. It is always best when authors narrate their own works.
Any lover of myth and fairytales will enjoy this gorgeously written story of fate and love and time.

Such a beautiful book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is probably the best fairy-tale ever created. Poetic, magical, fun, confusing, enlightening. A true chronicle of many times, a coming of age story, and a growing old one too. There are no words to accurately capture the magic that Mr. Crowley has created, but I promise you will never read anything like it.

A magical dream you never want to end

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews