Legends & Fairy Tales
The Flint Heart
Read by David Wales
Eden Phillpotts
The flint heart is a stone of heart shape, forged in prehistoric times, that changes whoever owns it into a wicked person. The story of the …
St Andrews Ghost Stories
Read by David Wales
William Thomas Linskill
Seventeen ghost stories (fourth edition published 1921) centered around the ruined medieval cathedral of Saint Andrew in the Scots city of t…
The Odyssey (Book 6)
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Homer
Nausicaa, daughter of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians, is asleep when Athena comes to her to suggest that she go down to the river the next…
聊斋志异 (Liaozhai Zhiyi)
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Songling Pu
《聊斋志异》，清代短篇小说集，是蒲松龄的代表作，在他40岁左右时基本完成，此后不断有所增补和修改。“聊斋”是他的书屋名称，“志”是记述的意思， “异”指奇异的故事。全书有短篇小说491篇，内容十分广泛，多谈狐、魔、花、妖，以此来概括当时的社会关系，反映了17世纪中国的社会面貌。书…
The Scottish Fairy Book
Read by Nan Dodge
Elizabeth W. Grierson
This book of Scottish fairy tales tells of brownies, fairies, and apparitions, bogies, witches, kelpies, and tales told about a mysterious r…
Dot and Tot of Merryland
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L. Frank Baum
Dot and Tot of Merryland is a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum. After Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, he wrote this story about the advent…
The Indian Story Book
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Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson has taken tales from the two great Indian epics, the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata, as well as other early sources, and has re…
Fables de Florian
Read by Ezwa
Jean-Pierre Claris De Florian
« Je tâche d'y tourner le vice en ridicule Ne pouvant l'attaquer avec les bras d'Hercule. » La Fontaine, Livre V, I Apr&e…
The Royal Book of Oz (version 3)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Ruth Plumly Thompson
"Of course, we all knew the Scarecrow was a very fine fellow, but surely we never guessed he ascended from an emperor. Most of us desce…
Favole di Jean de La Fontaine: Libro 12
Read by Paolo Fedi
Jean de la Fontaine
Nei 12 volumi delle "Favole" (1669 - 1693) Jean de La Fontaine rinnovò la tradizione esopica, rappresentando la commedia um…
The Angels of Mons
Read by R. S. Steinberg
Arthur Machen
The Angels of Mons is a popular legend about a group of angels who supposedly protected members of the British army in the Battle of Mons at…
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Stories of Pirates
Read by Joseph DeNoia
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Notorious pirates who are the scourge of the seven seas, and on land; ghost stories which scare voyagers in the jungles and the ice caps; tw…
Raggedy Ann Stories (version 3)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Johnny Gruelle
As I write this, I have before me on my desk, propped up against the telephone, an old rag doll. Dear old Raggedy Ann!The same Raggedy Ann w…
The Fairy Ring
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Fairy Ring, originally published in 1910, is a collection of 63 fairy tales from around the globe. It includes such well-known favorites…
Up One Pair of Stairs of My Bookhouse
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Variousandolive Beaupre Miller
Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the second volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for li…
The Book of Good Counsels - From the Sanskrit of the "Hitopadesa"
Read by Jothi Tharavant
Sir Edwin Arnold
The term ‘Hitopadesha’ is a combination of two Sanskrit terms, ‘Hita’ (welfare/ benefit) and ‘Upadesha’ (counsel). As the term suggests, The…
Compilation de Contes
Read by Christiane Jehanne
Madame d'Aulnoy and Madame D' Aulnoy
Voici une compilation de Contes, divers. Pour les jeunes et tous ceux qui aiment les contes... Belle princesse, marâtre, ogre et ogres…
Das Märchen von dem Myrtenfräulein
Read by Dirk Weber
Clemens Brentano
Märchen über ein Feenwesen, dass in einem Myrtenbaum lebt und einem Prinzen, der das Feenwesen liebt.(Summary by Wassermann)
Конёк-Горбунок (The Humpbacked Horse)
Read by Mark Chulsky
Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov
The Humpbacked Horse (Конёк-Горбунок) is a version of the Golden-Maned Steed fairy-tale character type, although a large part of the plot of…