Legends & Fairy Tales
The Princess and the Goblin
Read by Lizzie Driver
George MacDonald
The Princess and the Goblin is an enthralling fantasy tale written by George MacDonald. Her nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a hous…
The Book of Werewolves
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Sabine Baring-Gould
A survey of the myths and legends concerning lycanthropy from ancient times to the Victorian Era. (Summary by A. Gramour)
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
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Donald Alexander Mackenzie
Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1873 – March 2, 1936) was a Scottish journalist and prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in t…
Old Greek Stories
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James Baldwin
A retelling of old Greek stories involving mythological heroes and their adventures. Tales include those of Prometheus, Io, Perseus and Thes…
Faust I
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal w…
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 2, 1844 to 1847
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Hans Christian Andersen
A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. (Summary by Kristin…
Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable
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Thomas Bulfinch
Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes…
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables
Read by Michael Armenta
Aesop
Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Gree…
Through the Looking-Glass (version 5 dramatic reading)
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Lewis Carroll
Sequel to Alice in Wonderland, this volume sees Alice travel through a mirror to a dream-world where she meets chess pieces and other curiou…
Metamorphoses
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Publius (Ovid) Ovidius Naso
The Metamorphoses of Ovid is probably one of the best known, certainly one of the most influential works of the Ancient world. It consists o…
The Adventures of Pinocchio (version 2)
Read by Mark F. Smith
Carlo Collodi
Do today's children still learn what a "marionette" is? The beloved story of Pinocchio may represent a last lingering picture of a…
Andersen's Fairy Tales
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Hans Christian Andersen
A collection of eighteen fairy tales - some popular, some lesser known - by famous Danish author H.C. Andersen.(Summary by Gesine)
The Lilac Fairy Book
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Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although And…
The Red Fairy Book
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Andrew Lang
The Red Fairy Book is the second in a series of twelve books known as Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Books.…
Alice in Wonderland (Drama)
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Lewis Carroll
A dramatization of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass for the stage. In this version, Alice goes…
The Fairy Tales of Science
Read by J. M. Smallheer
John Cargill Brough
This book, written in the mid 19th century and illustrated by Charles H. Bennett, provides an entertaining introduction to topics in science…
The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children
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Charles Kingsley
The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley is a collection of three Greek mythology stories: Perseus, The Argonaut…
Popular Tales from the Norse
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Sir George Webbe Dasent
The most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has be…
The Story of Peter Pan
Read by Phil Chenevert
J. M. Barrie
THE STORY OF PETER PAN RETOLD FROM THE FAIRY PLAY BY SIR J.M. BARRIE BY DANIEL O'CONNOR. Basically, Daniel O'Connor took the story from the …
The Snow Queen and Other Stories
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Hans Christian Andersen
This project features four longer stories by Hans Christian Andersen.Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 l…