Legends & Fairy Tales

The Algonquin Legends of New England

by Charles Godfrey Leland Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This work, then, contains a collection of the myths, legends, and folk-lore of the principal Wabanaki, or Northeastern Algonquin, Indians; t…

Le Morte d'Arthur

by Sir Thomas Malory Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Le Morte d'Arthur (spelled Le Morte Darthur in the first printing and also in some modern editions, Middle French for la mort d'Arthur, &quo…

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…

The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night

by William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mytho…

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 …

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 Wonder Clock

by Howard Pyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
"Four and twenty marvellous tales, one for each hour of the day," retold in a novel and entertaining manner by a master of the for…

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum Read by Lyn Stanley 4.5
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to pleasure children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in whi…

The House of the Wolfings

by William Morris Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
William Morris was a writer, illustrator and medievalist from the Romantic period and associated with other renowned authors of the time suc…

Dot and Tot of Merryland

by L. Frank Baum Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Dot and Tot of Merryland is a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum. After Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, he wrote this story about the advent…

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…

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. Appropriate stories tell of …

The Story of Peter Pan

by J. M. Barrie Read by Phil Chenevert 4.6
Enter the enchanting world of Neverland in The Story of Peter Pan, a retelling of J. M. Barrie's beloved fairy play. This adaptation, crafte…

The Wisdom of the Ancients

by Francis Bacon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
"Now I suppose most people will think I am but entertaining myself with a toy, and using much the same kind of licence in expounding th…

Aino Folk-Tales

by Basil Hall Chamberlain Read by Expatriate 4.8
Not for the squeamish or for children, these folk-tales are from the Ainu, the somewhat mysterious indigenous people of Japan, thousands of …

Strange Pages from Family Papers

by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
“Among other qualities which have been supposed to belong to a dead man’s hand, are its medicinal virtues, in connection with which may be m…

The Lost Continent

by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
During an expedition in the Canary Islands, an archeologist discovers a cave containing tablets with unknown writing. When translated, they …

The Silver Princess in Oz

by Ruth Plumly Thompson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Young King Randy of Regalia is visited by his old friend, Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Pumperdink. Together, they set out to visit their…

British Goblins

by Wirt Sikes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The British Isles, in particular Wales, are renowned for legend and folklore. The author, an American journalist working in Europe, was appo…

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…

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