Fairy Tales & Folklore Audiobooks | Literature

Matthew Arnold (Author), Nathan (Narrator)

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"This narrative poem is composed in three parts, and consists of a dialogue between the aged Irish hero Oisín and St. Patrick. Oison relates his three-hundred year sojourn in the immortal isles of Faerie. In the isles, Oison married the beautiful Sidhe Niamh: together they traveled, feasted, and quested. At last Oison succumbs to the temptation to return and visit the lands of mortal men: inadvertently slipping from his faerie horse, his body touches the ground and instantly puts on the flesh of a decrepit old man. Oison describes various islands and what he did there: contrasting his noble deeds with the degenerate weakness of the present generation."

William Butler Yeats (Author), Nathan (Narrator)

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Celtic Fairy Tales

"Celtic Fairy Tales is a collection of 25 folk and fairy stories collected from Ireland and Scotland. At what I imagine is the Frontispiece, or the dedication page, is the phrase: _SAY THIS /Three times, with your eyes shut_/ Mothuighim boladh an Éireannaigh bhinn bhreugaigh faoi m'fhóidín dúthaigh. _And you will see/What you will see_ A loose translation of this Gaelic phrase is "I sense the smell of a sweet, enchanting Irishman around my dear homeplace."

Joseph Jacobs (Author), Various Readers (Narrator)

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Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales

Joseph Jacobs (Author), Various Readers (Narrator)

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English Fairy Tales

Joseph Jacobs (Author), Various Readers (Narrator)

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Indian Fairy Tales

Joseph Jacobs (Author), Various Readers (Narrator)

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Famous Men of Greece

John Henry Haaren (Author), Various Readers (Narrator)

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Sleep, Pale Sister: a consuming Gothic tale set in 19th century London from the bestselling author o

"Readers of Kate Atkinson, Kate Mosse, Stacey Halls and Eve Chase will love this powerful, atmospheric and blackly gothic depiction of Victorian artistic life from international multi-million copy seller Joanne Harris. Death, love, obsession, sex, murder and magic combine to make a compelling and haunting read... 'A hauntingly evocative laudanum-dream of a novel' -- Time Out 'A very compulsive read' -- ***** Reader review 'Tremendous' -- ***** Reader review 'Real gothic page turner' -- ***** Reader review 'A truly dark, ghostly and powerful read' -- ***** Reader review 'The tension is gripping and kept going to the very end. I read it in one sitting!' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************************************************************** Henry Chester, a domineering and puritanical Victorian artist, is in search of the perfect model. In nine-year-old Effie he finds her. Ten years later, lovely, childlike and sedated, Effie seems the ideal wife. But something inside her is about to awaken. Drawn into a dangerous underworld of prostitution, murder and blackmail, she must finally plan her revenge..."

Joanne Harris (Author), Steven Pacey (Narrator)

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The Lollipop Shoes: (Chocolat 2)

"The Lollipop Shoes picks up the story of Vianne and her daughters and takes us on a magical and spellbinding journey to Paris. Exquisitely written with the fluid and beautiful prose we expect from Joanne Harris, it's a wonderful and captivating read, full of flavours, tastes and fragrances. You'll need to pace yourself to stop yourself from devouring it all at once! 'Chocolat was a hard act to follow but Harris has managed it in style' -- DAILY EXPRESS 'A delicious urban fairytale, where killer shoes and Aztec myths battle it out with true love and the seductive power of chocolate' -- DAILY MAIL 'A cracking and spellbinding story' -- ***** Reader review 'Loved this book so much!' -- ***** Reader review 'From the first page it captivates and holds you hostage' -- ***** Reader review 'Magical and mesmerising' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************* 'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?' 'My mother, Vianne Rocher.' Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her two daughters live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped - at least for a while. Then into their lives blows Zozie de l'Alba, the lady with the lollipop shoes - ruthless, devious and seductive. With everything she loves at stake, Yanne must face a difficult choice; to flee, as she has done so many times before, or to confront her most dangerous enemy... Herself. The Lollipop Shoes follows on from Chocolat. The story continues in Peaches for Monsieur le Curé and The Strawberry Thief."

Joanne Harris (Author), Juliet Stevenson (Narrator)

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The Child Thief

"The acclaimed artist Brom brilliantly displays his multiple extraordinary talents in The Child Thief—a spellbinding re-imagining of the beloved Peter Pan story that carries readers through the perilous mist separating our world from the realm of Faerie. As Gregory Maguire did with his New York Times bestselling Wicked novels, Brom takes a classic children’s tale and turns it inside-out, painting a Neverland that, like Maguire’s Oz, is darker, richer, more complex than innocent world J.M. Barrie originally conceived. An ingeniously executed literary feat, illustrated with Brom’s sumptuous artwork, The Child Thief is contemporary fantasy at its finest—casting Peter Pan, the Lost Boys, even Captain Hook and his crew in a breathtaking new light."

Brom (Author), Kirby Heyborne (Narrator)

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[German] - Die Nacht vor Weihnachten

"Was führt wohl, wundert sich die Hexe Solocha, der Teufel wieder im Schilde, der da klammheimlich den Mond vom Himmel stiehlt? Während im Dorf nach altem Brauch die Weihnachtssinger durch die Gassen ziehen, sinnt der Teufel auf einen ganz anderen Zeitvertreib ... Eine märchenhaft-phantastische Weihnachtsgeschichte, die den Hörer schmunzeln lässt!"

Nicolai Gogol (Author), David Nathan (Narrator)

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[Russian] - Зурбаган

"Мир А.Грина - это мир смелых, честных, гордых и самоотверженных людей. Это мир, где воспевается любовь к труду, к своей профессии, к могуществу и гармоничности природы. 'И, наконец, очень немногие писатели так чисто, бережно и взволнованно писали о любви к женщине, как это делал Грин. Рассказы Грина вызывают в людях желание разнообразной жизни, полной риска, смелости и 'чувства высокого', свойственного исследователям, мореплавателям и путешественникам. После рассказов Грина хочется увидеть весь земной шар - не выдуманные Грином страны, а настоящие, полные света, лесов, разноязычного шума гаваней, человеческих страстей и любви'. (К.Паустовский) В сборник вошли рассказы разных лет: 'Позорный столб', 'Продавец счастья', 'Охота на Марбруна', 'Капитан Дюк' и др."

Aleksandr Grin (Author), Oleg Isaev (Narrator)

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