The Grey Fairy Book Tale 7 - Fortunatus and His Purse

from The Andrew Lang Library · host Andrew Lang

In which a young man named Fortunatus, born into wealth but soon plunged into poverty by his father's folly, finds himself lost in a wilderness where Dame Fortune grants him a magical purse that will never run out of gold. With this gift and later a wondrous cap from a faraway Sultan, Fortunatus travels widely, experiences many adventures, and eventually returns to a settled life surrounded by family.

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