Legends & Fairy Tales
Fables de La Fontaine
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Jean de la Fontaine
Voici le cinquième des douze livres des Fables de La Fontaine. Celles-ci datent du XVIIe siècle et sont lues par des lecteurs …
Canadian Wonder Tales
Read by Sean Michael Hogan
Cyrus Macmillan
This is a collection of folk tales originating in Canada, some from aboriginal oral tradition and others due to early French, Scottish, Iris…
Hero and Leander
Read by Martin Geeson
Christopher Marlowe
“Who ever lov’d, that lov’d not at first sight?”The wonder-decade of the English drama was suddenly interrupted in 1592, when serious plague…
A Knyght Ther Was
Read by Roger Melin
Robert F. Young
"But the Knyght was a little less than perfect, and his horse did not have a metabolism, and his 'castle' was much more mobile - timewi…
Folk-Lore and Legends
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Charles John Tibbits
Thanks to Thiele, to Hylten-Cavallius and Stephens, and to Asbjörnsen and Moe, Scandinavian Folklore is well to the front. Its treasure…
Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan
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Richard Gordon Smith
Tales of Folklore are often of special interest. Anything may happen to ordinary mortals in the world painted by folklore. But it becomes ev…
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde said of his story The Happy Prince that it was "an attempt to treat a tragic modern problem in a form that aims at delicacy…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.Der Halskragen übersetzt von Julius Reuscher
The Sea Lady
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H. G. Wells
The Sea Lady is a novel written by H. G. Wells. It was serialized from July to December 1901 in Pearson's Magazine before being published by…
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Anonymoustranslated Byjonathan Scott, Anonymoustranslated By Jonathan Scott and William James McGlothlin
The third of four volumes of Middle Eastern tales, originally written in Arabic. Scheherazade tries to prolong her husband's interest in her…
An Arthurian Miscellany
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Various
A collection of works that explore the rich and evocative legend of King Arthur. The exploits of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table …
Les contes noirs
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Jacques Collin de Plancy and Jacques Collin De Plancy
Compilation de 33 contes et légendes folkloriques de la France, rassemblés par Jacques Albin Simon Collin de Plancy (1793-1881…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst 14 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.Die Legende vom Vogelnest übersetzt von Marie Franzos (1870…
Aino Folk-Tales
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Basil Hall Chamberlain
Not for the squeamish or for children, these folk-tales are from the Ainu, the somewhat mysterious indigenous people of Japan, thousands of …
Stories from Pentamerone
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Giambattista Basile
This is one of the oldest written collections of fairy tales. Although the names are different, listeners should recognise many of the stori…
Children's Short Works
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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Step into a world of imagination with Children's Short Works, a delightful anthology featuring 15 enchanting tales from the renowned brother…
El Libro de Las Mil Noches y Una Noche
Read by Victor Villarraza
Anonymoustranslated By Vicente Blasco Ibáñez and William James McGlothlin
Ningún libro tan conocido, y menos conocido que esta famosa colección de novelas, monumento literario del pueblo árabe.…
Granny's Wonderful Chair
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Frances Browne
Granny's Wonderful Chair invites listeners into a world of enchanting fairy tales woven together by the imaginative Frances Browne. This col…
Australian Legendary Tales
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K. Langloh Parker
Australian Legendary Tales presents a captivating collection of Aboriginal folklore, showcasing the rich storytelling traditions of the Narr…
Kinder- und Hausmärchen
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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Eine Sammlung der bekannten Volksmärchen, herausgegeben von den Brüdern Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm. Summary by Sonia