A Selection from the Norse Tales for the Use of Children: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Selection from the Norse Tales for the Use of Children, credited to Sir George Webbe Dasent, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of A Selection from the Norse Tales for the Use of Children by Sir George Webbe Dasent. Read in English by Sue Gill; Adrian Stephens; April Mendis; CadenB; Jessica Romero; SoundsLikeJack; SmilingJade; mleigh; Rebecca Eden Walker; yaumixx; Katharina21; Caelenhad; J Denning; T.Honcharyk; J. A. Taylor; Mawusi; Larry Wilson; Mike Shepard; nbvoices; Kayty Harrelson; Heather Davis; Jess A Theron; MissFreudianSlit This is a collection of Norse folktales selected as being appropriate for children. They range from short pieces such as, "How One Went Out to Woo" to the longer stories such as, "The Blue Belt" and "Shortshanks," and include such favorites as, "The Three Billy-Goats Gruff" and "The Lad Who Went to the North Wind." - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Selection from the Norse Tales for the Use of Children
• Author credits: Sir George Webbe Dasent
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 37
• Listed recording duration: 7:36:23

Opening tracks: first 24 of 37

1. 01 - True and Untrue — 14:40
2. 02 - The Old Dame and Her Hen — 14:19
3. 03 - East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon — 27:07
4. 04 - Boots Who Ate a Match with the Troll — 5:12
5. 05 - Boots, Who Made the Princess Say, ''That’s a Story'' — 5:19
6. 06 - The Twelve Wild Ducks — 16:16
7. 07 - The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body — 14:07
8. 08 - The Fox as Herdsman — 3:23
9. 09 - The Cat on the Dovrefell — 3:26
10. 10 - Princess on the Glass Hill — 23:12
11. 11 - How One Went Out to Woo — 2:08
12. 12 - The Cock and Hen — 1:11
13. 13 - The Two Step-Sisters — 22:40
14. 14 - Buttercup — 9:34
15. 15 - Taming the Shrew — 3:14
16. 16 - Shortshanks — 32:03
17. 17 - Gudbrand on the Hill-Side — 8:40
18. 18 - The Blue Belt — 26:44
19. 19 - Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed — 1:53
20. 20 - Not a Pin to Choose between Them — 13:22
21. 21 - One’s Own Children Are Always Prettiest — 1:36
22. 22 - The Three Princesses of Whiteland — 16:26
23. 23 - The Lassie and her Godmother — 12:21
24. 24 - The Three Aunts — 10:59

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