Myths

The Mabinogion, Volume 1

Read by Martin Geeson


Anonymoustranslated Bycharlotte Guest


Sample a moment of magic realism from the Red Book of Hergest:On one side of the river he saw a flock of white sheep, and on the other a flo…

In Ghostly Japan

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Lafcadio Hearn


This collection of 14 stories collected by Lafcadio Hearn, contains Japanese ghost stories, but also several non-fiction pieces. Hearn tries…

Fables de La Fontaine, livre 02

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Jean de la Fontaine


Voici le second des douze livres des Fables de La Fontaine. Celles-ci datent du XVIIe siècle et ont été enregistr&eacut…

Curious Myths of the Middle Ages

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Sabine Baring-Gould


This volume is an example of Sabine Baring-Gould's extensive research into the middle ages. This volume of 12 curiosities was one of Baring-…

Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812/15) Teil 3

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Anlässlich des 200. Jubiläums der Kinder- und Hausmärchen präsentiert LibriVox eine Auswahl aus der ersten Auflage der K…

Fables de La Fontaine, livre 03

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Jean de la Fontaine


Voici le troisième des douze livres des Fables de La Fontaine. Celles-ci datent du XVIIe siècle et ont été enreg…

Il était une fois... - 003

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault et les frères Grimm, pour ne nommer que ceux-là : autant d’auteurs d’exception dont …

Fifty Famous Stories Retold (version 2)

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James Baldwin


Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy,…

The Enchanted Island of Yew

Read by Ted Delorme


L. Frank Baum


A fairy has become bored with her life, and convinces some young girls to transform her into a human boy so she can go on adventures. The ad…

Russian Fairy Tales

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


William Ralston Shedden-Ralston


Russian Fairy Tales is an anthology of stories by a noted Russian scholar and translator. The 51 stories are thematically organized with int…

Venus and Adonis (dramatic reading)

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William Shakespeare


Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal youth Adonis, dedicated partly to his pa…

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

Read by Kristin LeMoine


L. Frank Baum


This story of Santa Claus veers away slightly from the traditional stories of his beginnings. L. Frank Baum creates a world of fantasy that …

Aesop's Fables, Volume 07 (Fables 151-175)

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Aesop


Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

Zwei Märchen

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Theodor Storm


Die RegentrudeEinen so heißen Sommer hat es schon seit hundert Jahren nicht mehr gegeben. Das Gras vertrocknet auf den Wiesen und das …

The Adventures of Pinocchio

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Carlo Collodi


The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi (here transl. by Carol della Chiesa). The first half was…

Tales of Folk and Fairies

Read by William Tomcho


Katharine Pyle


In "Tales of Folk and Fairies" Ms. Pyle tells 15 different children's stories from around the world; each more delightful than the…

Tik-Tok of Oz (version 2)

Read by Phil Chenevert


L. Frank Baum


In this really exciting and well written story of Oz, the Shaggy Man is on a quest to find his long lost brother. But all does not go smooth…

The Book of Hallowe'en

Read by Sibella Denton


Ruth Edna Kelley


This book is intended to give the reader an account of the origin and history of Hallowe'en, how it absorbed some customs belonging to other…

The Oresteia

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Aeschylus


The Oresteia is a trilogy by Aeschylus, one of the foremost playwrights of ancient Greece. It encompasses three plays: Agamemnon, The Libati…

Tales Of King Arthur And The Round Table

Read by David Wales


Andrew Lang


The tales of King Arthur and his Knights are of Celtic origin. The Celts were the people who occupied Britain at the time when the history o…

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