Legends & Fairy Tales

The Arabian Nights Entertainments

by William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The main frame story concerns a king and his new bride. The king, Shahryar, upon discovering his ex-wife's infidelity executes her and then …

The Sleeping Beauty

by Charles Perrault Read by mlcui 4.8
What began as a translation project became a retelling of four classic fairy tales from the Cabinet des Fees, the French collection of over …

The Firelight Fairy Book

by Henry Beston Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
One pleasant summer day, as the fairy-tale lover sat reading a book beneath the low spreading branches of an oak tree, he heard a hum of win…

Märchen

by Wilhelm Hauff Read by Hokuspokus 4.8
Bei diesem letzten Märchen-Almanach von Hauff sind die Märchen:* Die Sage vom Hirschgulden* Das kalte Herz* Saids Schicksale* Die …

The Lost Princess

by George MacDonald Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Also known as "A Double Story" or "The Wise Woman."The story of two very spoiled girls, a princess and a peasant, who ar…

The Book of Werewolves

by Sabine Baring-Gould Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Book of Werewolves by Sabine Baring-Gould delves into the fascinating world of lycanthropy, exploring the myths and legends that have su…

Undine

by Friedrich De La Motte Fouqué Read by Pete Williams, Pittsburgh, PA 4.8
Undine is a novel by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué concerning Undine, a water spirit who marries a Knight named Huldbrand in order to …

The Odyssey for Boys and Girls

by Alfred John Church Read by Ginny Blankenship 4.6
A retelling of the adventures of Ulysses, including his adventures both the Cyclops and Circe, as he journeys home to his home of Ithaca. T…

Grimms' Fairy Tales

by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A classic collection of oral German folklore, brought together for posterity by the scholarly brothers Grimm in the 1800s, this epitome of f…

Old Peter's Russian Tales

by Arthur Ransome Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Arthur Ransome is best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books. This is the only example of his fiction in the public …

Russian Fairy Tales

by Peter Nikolaevich Polevoi Read by Expatriate 4.8
The existence of the Russian Skazki or Märchen was first made generally known to the British public by Mr W. R. S. Ralston in his “Russ…

The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria

by William Scott-Elliot Read by Rapunzelina 4.3
This volume contains two publications by W. Scott-Elliot, namely The Story of Atlantis (1896) and The Lost Lemuria (1904). A theosophist and…

Celtic Fairy Tales

by Joseph Jacobs Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Celtic Fairy Tales is a collection of 25 folk and fairy stories collected from Ireland and Scotland. At what I imagine is the Frontispiece, …

Russian Fairy Tales

by William Ralston Shedden-Ralston Read by Kevin W. Davidson 4.6
Russian Fairy Tales is an anthology of stories by a noted Russian scholar and translator. The 51 stories are thematically organized with int…

Old Greek Stories

by James Baldwin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Old Greek Stories by James Baldwin invites listeners into the enchanting world of ancient Greek mythology, where legendary heroes embark on …

Korean Fairy Tales

by William Elliot Griffis Read by NoelBadrian 4.8
Everywhere on earth the fairy world of each country is older and perhaps more enduring than the one we see and feel and tread upon. So I tel…

The Scottish Fairy Book

by Elizabeth W. Grierson Read by Nan Dodge 4.8
This book of Scottish fairy tales tells of brownies, fairies, and apparitions, bogies, witches, kelpies, and tales told about a mysterious r…

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

by Jessie Braham White Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The classic story of Snow White and the seven dwarfs, now in play form! The play was adapted by Jessie Braham White (the pen name of Winthro…

The Little Match Girl

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by Phil Chenevert 4.7
The Little Match Girl is a poignant tale by Hans Christian Andersen that captures the essence of hope and despair through the eyes of a youn…

Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park

by James W. Schultz Read by David Wales 4.7
James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (1859 – 1947) was a noted author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the …

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