Myths

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 Silver Princess in Oz

by Ruth Plumly Thompson Read by Phil Chenevert 4.7
Another Oz book! Yes! Lots of unlikely characters and tons of fun. In this story, young King Randy of Regalia is visited by his old frien…

The Wisdom of the Ancients

by Francis Bacon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
In Wisdom of the Ancients, Francis Bacon reads classical myths as more than imaginative stories. He proposes that their fables may preserve …

Wet Magic

by E. Nesbit Read by Phil Chenevert 4.5
A book about children who find magic in every day life .. and discover that mermen and mermaids actually have a whole underwater kingdom wit…

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

by Oscar Wilde Read by Phil Chenevert 4.7
A collection of five stories by Oscar Wilde, all incorporating his inimitable style and wit. Sometimes sweet and uplifting, sometimes caust…

The Golden Maiden

by A. G. Seklemian Read by Noel Badrian 4.7
Armenians trace their history back to before the time of the Babylonians and earliest recorded history - in fact, to Togarmah, a grandson of…

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…

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…

The Magical Mimics in Oz

by Jack Snow Read by Phil Chenevert 4.4
The land of OZ is the happiest fairyland anywhere, but there are evil creatures whose only ambition is to destroy that happiness. Lurking i…

Folk-Lore and Legends

by Charles John Tibbits Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Thanks to Thiele, to Hylten-Cavallius and Stephens, and to Asbjörnsen and Moe, Scandinavian Folklore is well to the front. Its treasure…

Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

by William Butler Yeats Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
This is a collection of Fairy and Folk tales. The poet William Butler Yeats collected them from around the Western part of Ireland and trans…

The Faerie Queene

by Edmund Spenser Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
"The First Book of the Faerie Queene Contayning The Legende of the Knight of the Red Crosse or Holinesse".The Faerie Queene was ne…

The Norwegian Fairy Book

by Klara Stroebe Read by Paul Harvey 4.9
These Norwegian tales of elemental mountain, forest and sea spirits, have been handed down by hinds and huntsmen, wood choppers and fisher f…

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 …

Old Testament Legends

by M. R. James Read by David Wales 4.4
M R James was a well regarded English scholar who studied the medieval period (he also wrote great ghost stories!). Apocryphal books are a…

Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale Collection

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Step into a world of wonder with this enchanting collection of 25 fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. From beloved classics to lesser-kn…

Puck of Pook's Hill

by Rudyard Kipling Read by Nick Whitley 4.6
'Puck of Pook's Hill' is a fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods…

The Emperor's New Clothes

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by Phil Chenevert 4.4
This is a collection of a few of my personal favorite stories by Hans Christian Andersen that I most loved as a child and still enjoy as an …

A House of Pomegranates

by Oscar Wilde Read by Noel Badrian 4.8
A House of Pomegranates (1891) is the title of the second collection of Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde. This book contains four tales: 1. &quo…

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

by The Gawain Poet Read by M. J. Boyle 4.6
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of…

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