Legends & Fairy Tales
Phantasmion
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Sara Coleridge
In 1837 came Phantasmion, a Fairy Tale, Sara Coleridge's longest original work, described by critic Mike Ashley as "the first fairytale…
The Hollow Tree Snowed In
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Albert Bigelow Paine
Once upon a time, in the Big Deep Woods, there was a big hollow tree with three hollow branches. The tree animals living in each of these …
Sylvie and Bruno
Read by Craig Franklin
Lewis Carroll
Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded published in 1893, form the last novel by Lewis …
The Sleeping Beauty
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C. S. Evans
A retelling of the classic fairy-tale, illustrated by one of the leading figures in the Golden Age of book illustration. Never underestimat…
Myths of Northern Lands
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H. A. Guerber
The aim of this handbook of Northern mythology is to familiarize the English student of letters with the religion of his heathen ancestors, …
Fairy Tales from Gold Lands
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May Wentworth
California, both old and new, is the scene of these fairy stories. They are unique tales written with with a pleasant tinge of romance abou…
Myths and Legends Around the World
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Various
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…
The Fairy Latchkey
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Magdalene Horsfall
Philomene Isolde is a good little girl, but has been very lonely since the death of her mother. Playing make-believe in the garden, Philomen…
The Hungry Tiger of Oz
Read by Phil Chenevert
Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Hungry Tiger gets a chance to eat LOTS of people. What will happen!?? Will his conscience stop him or will he finally stop his stomach…
Duizend en één Nacht
Read by Marcel Coenders
William James McGlothlin
Koning Schahriar denkt door zijn vrouw bedrogen te zijn. Om herhaling te voorkomen besluit hij voortaan elke avond een nieuwe vrouw te trouw…
Lucian's Dialogues
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Lucian of Samosata and Lucian Of Samosata
The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods are 15 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods, originally written in Attic Greek…
Venus and Adonis
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
William Shakespeare
Both Ovid and Spenser also treat this ancient myth, but Spenser alters the ending, converting the tale into an archetype of fulfilled love, …
Twilight Voices
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William Allingham
William Allingham was an Irish poet, diarist and editor, who wrote several volumes of lyric verse. (Summary by David Lawrence)
Children's Short Works
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Various
LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 022: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Fairy Tales from Brazil
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Elsie Spicer Eells
A collection of short, sweet fairy tales from Brazil, including How the Tiger Got His Stripes, and Why The Bananas Belong to the Monkey. - S…
Myths and Legends Around the World
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Various
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…
The Lost Princess
Read by Shelly Weingart
George MacDonald
Two selfish little girls, a princess and a shepherd's daughter, encounter a wise woman who lovingly shows them each that they are not the ce…
Multilingual Fairy Tale Collection
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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
In LibriVox’s Multilingual Fairy Tale Collection, LibriVox volunteers read their favourite public-domain fairy tales. This is a collection o…