Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Donald Alexander Mackenzie - Elves and Heroes

This volume describes, in verse, the mythical creatures and people of ancient Scotland. It also includes explanatory notes about about the characters and folk tales that inspired the author's poetry. (Introduction...

Matthew Reece 1 hour 53 minutes

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Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

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Edgar Thurston - Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

This book deals mainly with some aspects of what may be termed the psychical life of the inhabitants of the Madras Presidency, and the Native States of Travancore and Cochin.(Summary by Edgar Thurston)

ashleighjane and 5 more 9 hours 32 minutes

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Donald Alexander Mackenzie - Myths of Babylonia and Assyria

Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1873 – March 2, 1936) was a Scottish journalist and prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in the early 20th century. His works included Indian Myth and Legend, Celtic...

Adam Tomkins and 13 more 16 hours 14 minutes

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Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 05

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H. P. Nichols - Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 05

This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No...

Lars Rolander and 9 more 17 hours 43 minutes Thousand Nights and a Night

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Through the Looking-Glass (version 5 dramatic reading)

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Lewis Carroll - Through the Looking-Glass (version 5 dramatic reading)

Sequel to Alice in Wonderland, this volume sees Alice travel through a mirror to a dream-world where she meets chess pieces and other curious characters. (Summary by David Goldfarb) Cast Narrator: David...

3 hours 9 minutes

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Leo Tolstoy - Ivan the Fool

Written after Tolstoy suffered a spiritual crisis, Ivan the Fool is a fairy tale that offers children instruction in how to live rightly, simply, and generously. The story emphasizes the destructive aspects of...

Larry Caplan and 1 more 1 hour 8 minutes

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Children's Short Works, Vol. 011

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 Librivox members.

Jill Preston and 2 more 2 hours 44 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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Lord Redesdale - Tales of Old Japan

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 a number of classic Japanese stories, fairy tales, and other folklore; as...

Availle and 15 more 13 hours 40 minutes

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James Baldwin - Old Greek Stories

A retelling of old Greek stories involving mythological heroes and their adventures. Tales include those of Prometheus, Io, Perseus and Theseus. (Introduction by Iris McLeod)

Iris McLeod and 8 more 4 hours 34 minutes

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Granny's Wonderful Chair (Dramatic Reading)

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Frances Browne - Granny's Wonderful Chair (Dramatic Reading)

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 of fairy stories and has been translated into many languages. This work, read...

2 hours 25 minutes

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King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls

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King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls

A charming collection of short stories for young girls, including The King's Daughter, The Old Brown House, A Story for School Girls, What One Lie Did, Two Ways of Reading the Bible, Courtesy to Strangers, Live for...

Joy Chan and 9 more 4 hours 37 minutes

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Pádraic Colum - Children of Odin

Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all the magic and majesty of the Norse sagas in his retellings of the adventures of the gods and goddesses who lived in the Northern paradise of Asgard...

Elizabeth Klett 6 hours 23 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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