Legends & Fairy Tales

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles

by Pádraic Colum Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This is Irish folklorist Padraic Colum's masterful retelling of many Greek myths, focusing on Jason and the Argonauts' quest to find the Gol…

The Iliad for Boys and Girls

by Alfred John Church Read by Lizzie Driver 4.2
Alfred J. Church wrote many books looking at classical literature, but is especially well known for his re-telling of classic books in a sty…

Household Tales

by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The complete Brothers Grimm stories, as translated directly from the German. Some of the stories will be familiar such as The Frog Prince, R…

The Story of the Three Little Pigs

by L. Leslie Brooke Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 4.5
This version of the classic tale of the three pigs, their houses and a wolf, published in 1904, has a new twist in its second half. This rec…

King Arthur and His Knights

by Maude L. Radford Warren Read by Robin Cotter 4.5
A collection of King Arthur's adventures, from his ascent to King of Britain to his death. This book includes some of the crucial Arthurian …

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

by Selma Lagerlöf Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 4.9
Join Nils Holgersson on a remarkable journey across Sweden in Selma Lagerlöf's enchanting tale, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. Origi…

History of the Kings of Britain

by Geoffrey Of Monmouth Read by Paul Mazumdar 4.4
More medieval romance than history, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae represents the oldest versions we have of many legends …

Tales of Folk and Fairies

by Katharine Pyle Read by William Tomcho 4.7
Tales of Folk and Fairies by Katharine Pyle invites listeners into a world of enchanting stories that span cultures and traditions. This col…

Tales of Old Japan

by Lord Redesdale Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Tales of Old Japan by Lord Redesdale is a collection of short stories focusing on Japanese life of the Edo period (1803 - 1868). It contains…

Grimm's Fairy Stories

by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Fairies, Evil Step Mothers, Enchanted Forests, Golden Geese, Poor Little Children, Fairy Godmothers, Magic wells, and oh, so many many more …

Favorite Fairy Tales

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This book of favorite fairy tales was compiled and illustrated by Peter Newell. it includes Jack The Giant Killer; Cinderella; Sleeping Beau…

Snowdrop and Other Tales

by Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Many of these tales were published in English in 1909, the Brothers Grimm tales in this book were published separately in 1920 with illustra…

Critias

by Plato Read by Kevin Johnson 4.5
This is an incomplete dialogue from the late period of Plato's life. Plato most likely created it after Republic and it contains the famous …

The Faerie Queene

by Edmund Spenser Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
"The First Book of the Faerie Queene Contayning The Legende of the Knight of the Red Crosse or Holinesse".The Faerie Queene was ne…

Grimms' Fairy Tales

by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Read by Cliff Stone 4.4
Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales, is a German collection of fairy tales or folk lore by the Grimm…

Egyptian Tales

by William Matthew Flinders Petrie Read by Timothy Ferguson 4.2
Step into the enchanting world of ancient Egypt with Egyptian Tales, a collection of captivating stories that weave together magic, mytholog…

The Wise Woman

by George MacDonald Read by Nathan 4.6
George MacDonald was an influential Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. MacDonald’s works (particularly his fairy tales and fanta…

Tanglewood Tales

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
All mythology and/or Hawthorne lovers unite!Here is a delightful collection of charming stories from Greek Mythology. This collection featur…

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Step into the enchanting world of Hans Christian Andersen, a master storyteller whose fairy tales have captivated readers for generations. T…

The Age of Fable

by Thomas Bulfinch Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes…

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