# The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde by Mary De Morgan.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_necklace_of_princess_fiorimonde_se/chapters/dedication.md): Mary De Morgan affectionately dedicates the book of stories to her six little nephews and nieces.
- [The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_necklace_of_princess_fiorimonde_se/chapters/the-necklace-of-princess-fiorimonde.md): Princess Fiorimonde, a beautiful but wicked princess, learns witchcraft and uses a magic necklace to turn her suitors into beads, stringing them around her neck. Her maid Yolande suspects the truth and, with the help of 
- [The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_necklace_of_princess_fiorimonde_se/chapters/the-necklace-of-princess-fiorimonde.md): Princess Fiorimonde, a beautiful but wicked sorceress, learns black magic from an old witch. When her father decides she must marry, she uses a magic necklace to turn each suitor into a bead, adding them to her chain. A 
- [The Wanderings of Arasmon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_necklace_of_princess_fiorimonde_se/chapters/the-wanderings-of-arasmon.md): Arasmon and his wife Chrysea, a wandering musician and singer, arrive in a spellbound village where a wizard's elves have caused misery. Chrysea learns a magic song from the elves and breaks the spell, but is transformed
- [The Heart of Princess Joan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_necklace_of_princess_fiorimonde_se/chapters/the-heart-of-princess-joan.md): Prince Michael learns from a wizard that Princess Joan's heart has been stolen by a fairy, making her cold and unfeeling. He vows to find and restore her heart, receiving a magical glass to follow a crimson star that wil
- [The Pedlar's Pack](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_necklace_of_princess_fiorimonde_se/chapters/the-pedlar-s-pack.md): A pedlar, a donkey, a raven, and a hedge-sparrow make a series of false promises to each other for services and payment, leading to a quarrel outside a town. The beadle brings them before the mayor, who punishes them all
- [The Bread of Discontent](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_necklace_of_princess_fiorimonde_se/chapters/the-bread-of-discontent.md): A baker with a violent temper is visited by a tiny black imp who offers to ensure his bread is never spoiled in exchange for a home in the oven. The imp's bread tastes good but makes all who eat it discontented. The chie
- [The Three Clever Kings](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_necklace_of_princess_fiorimonde_se/chapters/the-three-clever-kings.md): Old King Roland, dying without a son, proposes that his three nephews—Aldovrand, Aldebert, and Alderete—each try being king in turn. Aldovrand quickly abdicates, finding kingship too burdensome, and becomes a goose-boy. 
- [The Wise Princess](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_necklace_of_princess_fiorimonde_se/chapters/the-wise-princess.md): Princess Fernanda, driven by an insatiable desire for knowledge, studies under a Wizard for three years and becomes immensely wise, yet remains unhappy. She seeks happiness from a lark, a dog, her maid Doris, a mother, a

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