Legends & Fairy Tales

Blackfeet Indian Stories

by George Bird Grinnell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Blackfeet were hunters, travelling from place to place on foot. They used implements of stone, wood, or bone, wore clothing made of skin…

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights

by Howard Pyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Masterful artist, illustrator, and storyteller Howard Pyle brings new life to the legends of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table.…

The Prose Edda

by Snorri Sturleson Read by Expatriate 4.6
Also known as the Younger Edda or Snorri's Edda, the Prose Edda is a three-part work composed or at least compiled by thirteenth-century Ice…

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 …

Viking Tales

by Jennie Hall Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The story follows the life of the Viking Harald from infancy to his crowning as King of Norway. It focuses on the Vikings' eagerness for adv…

The Age of Chivalry

by Thomas Bulfinch Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Thomas Bulfinch explains the his work is "an attempt to tell the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amus…

The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book

by Constance Cary Harrison Read by Carol Box 4.9
"And now, mamma, until your tea is ready, we know what you must do," said the children, in a breath. "Tell us a story—a 'real…

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 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…

In The Days of Giants

by Abbie Farwell Brown Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
This book is made of the stories told by the Northern folk,—the people who live in the land of the midnight sun, where summer is green and p…

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Step into the enchanting world of Hans Christian Andersen, a master storyteller whose fairy tales have captivated generations. This collecti…

King Arthur and His Knights

by Maude L. Radford Warren Read by Robin Cotter 4.4
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 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…

Grimm's Fairy Stories

by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Fairies, Evil Step Mothers, Enchanted Forests, Golden Geese, Poor Little Children, Fairy Godmothers, Magic wells, and oh, so many many more …

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…

Fairy Tales

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
This collection of fairy tales include many that you may never have heard of. Published in 1884, Andersen obviously enjoyed putting many un…

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…

American Indian Fairy Tales

by William Trowbridge Larned Read by Chip 4.7
With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by…

The Dragon Of Wantley

by Owen Wister Read by David Wales 4.5
A novel, The Dragon of Wantley, was written by Owen Wister (best known as the author of The Virginian) in 1892. Published by Lipincott Press…

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…

< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >