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Folk-Lore and Legends: Scandinavian

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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…

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 …

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 038

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Various


Diese Sammlung umfasst 14 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.Die Legende vom Vogelnest übersetzt von Marie Franzos (1870…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 011

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 011: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Granny's Wonderful Chair (Dramatic Reading)

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Frances Browne


Her most famous work, Granny's Wonderful Chair, was published in 1856 and it is still in print to this day. It is a richly imaginative book …

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 …

Don Juan, Cantos 13 - 16

Read by Peter Gallagher


George Gordon, Lord Byron


These are the last four Cantos of his mock epic that Byron completed in the year before his death at the age of 36 in Messolonghi, Greece, w…

Australian Legendary Tales Folk-Lore of the Noongahburrahs As Told To The Picca…

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K. Langloh Parker


A Collection of Australian Aboriginal Legendary Folk-Lore Tales, legends of the Narran tribe,known among themselves as Noongahburrahs.

The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 03

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Anonymoustranslated Byjonathan 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…

Tijl Uilenspiegel in Vlaanderen

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Jan Bruylants


Volgens de legende was Uilenspiegel een deugniet die vrij als een vogel in de zestiende eeuw door de Nederlanden trok en iedereen voor de ge…

The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Others

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Beatrix Potter


These are some of the wonderful little stories about animals written by Beatrix Potter. The disobedient little Peter who sneaks where he sh…

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

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…

The Fall of the Nibelungs

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Unknowntranslated Bymargaret Armour and Translated Bymargaret Armour


"The Fall of the Nibelungs" is Margaret Armour's plain prose translation from the middle high German of the "Nibelungenlied&q…

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…

Favole di Jean de La Fontaine: Libro 05

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Jean de la Fontaine


Nei 12 volumi delle "Favole" (1669 - 1693) Jean de La Fontaine rinnovò la tradizione esopica, rappresentando la commedia um…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 041

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Various


Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.Facino Cane übersetzt von Hedwig Lachmann (1869-1918)Das sc…

Strange Pages from Family Papers

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Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer


“Among other qualities which have been supposed to belong to a dead man’s hand, are its medicinal virtues, in connection with which may be m…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 013

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Various


LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 013: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

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