English Fairy Tales: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

English Fairy Tales, credited to Ernest Rhys; Grace Rhys, 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 English Fairy Tales by Ernest Rhys; Grace Rhys. Read in English by Jacqueline Harp; Stephen Wilson ; shelleturner; Melissa Jane; Aaron Nosan; melaniebjensen; Stephen Harvey; Ruth Logrono; John-Paul Nelson; Mary Frances; Christopher Oram; Foon This is a collection of old-fashioned English fairy tales. This collection, written by Ernest Rhys, founder of the Everyman's Library series of classic books, and his wife Grace, contain all the classic English fairy tales, such as Jack the Giant Killer and Tom Tit Tot. These tales have lost none of their charm in over a hundred years since they were written. - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: English Fairy Tales
• Author credits: Ernest Rhys; Grace Rhys
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 3:46:05

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• English
• fairy tales
• england
• stories
• fairies
• 1913
• 2019

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 2:43
2. 01 - Jack the Giant-Killer — 28:19
3. 02 - The History of Tom Thumb — 17:36
4. 03 - The Imp Tree — 7:32
5. 04 - The Three Bears — 8:28
6. 05 - 'Tom Tit Tot' — 10:30
7. 06 - The Lambton Worm — 7:30
8. 07 - The Fairy Horn — 3:16
9. 08 - The Pixi Flower — 4:04
10. 09 - Tom Hickathrift — 10:32
11. 10 - The Black Bull of Norroway — 7:04
12. 11 - The Green Knight — 39:24
13. 12 - Robin Goodfellow — 9:50
14. 13 - The Princess of Colchester — 14:17
15. 14 - Lazy Jack — 3:51
16. 15 - The Giant of St. Michael's — 10:06
17. 16 - Jack and the Bean-stalk — 20:19
18. 17 - Dick Whittington and his Cat — 20:43

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