Legends & Fairy Tales
Omens and Superstitions of Southern India
Omens and Superstitions of Southern India explores the rich tapestry of beliefs and practices that shape the psychical life of the people in…
Aesop's Fables
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Eastern Stories and Legends
A collection of ancient myths, legends and fairy-tales. Each story is a timeless adventure featuring a hero who is sometimes a man, animal o…
Psyche
This is a very different Moliere, not the usual satire of everyday life. It is instead a classical tale based on the ancient story of Psyche…
Children's Short Works
Discover a delightful assortment of tales in Children's Short Works, a collection curated by the renowned brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. …
Serbian Fairy Tales
Collection of traditional Serbian fairy tales as translated by Elodie Mijatovich, a British author living in Belgrade. Although different, p…
Fairy Tales
This is a collection of international fairy tales clocking in at 5-15 minutes apiece, suitable for children's winter cocoa breaks, or other …
The Giant-Killer
Ten year old twins. Constantine and Adolphus are chagrined to be shipped off to a private tutor in the country. Their lot appears worse when…
Tales Of King Arthur And The Round Table
The tales of King Arthur and his Knights are of Celtic origin. The Celts were the people who occupied Britain at the time when the history o…
Beowulf
In this Old English epic, the warrior Beowulf travels to aid a Danish king whose hall is under attack by a deadly monster. His fight begins …
Nibelungenlied
The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem in Middle High German. The story tells of dragon-slayer Siegfri…
The Little House in the Fairy Wood
A lonely boy is taken in by the friendly inhabitants of a little house in the woods. Through this adventure, he finds the fairy folk, nature…
Hero and Leander
“Who ever lov’d, that lov’d not at first sight?”The wonder-decade of the English drama was suddenly interrupted in 1592, when serious plague…
The Crocodile
Fyodor Dostoevesky's "The Crocodile," first published in 1865 in the magazine "Epoch," is the story of Ivan Matveitch, a…
The Indian Fairy Book
These Indian fairy tales are chosen from the many stories collected by Mr. Henry R. Schoolcraft, the first man to study how the Indians live…
Heimskringla
Heimskringla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheimsˌkʰriŋla]) is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Ice…
The Heroic Life and Exploits of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer
Before the events of the Nibelungenlied, the young Siegfried sets out to make a name for himself and prove worthy of his ancestors. His jour…
Indian Fairy Tales
Indian Fairy Tales is a captivating anthology that brings together a rich tapestry of stories from India's diverse folklore. Compiled by Jos…
The Lavender Dragon
A well meaning dragon steals lonely humans to populate his version of paradise. A knight-errant comes to the rescue, but finds this terribl…
The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke
The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The book sold over 60,000 copies in nine edi…