Fifty-one tales: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Fifty-one tales, credited to Lord Dunsany, 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 Fifty-one tales by Lord Dunsany. Read in English by Rosslyn Carlyle A multitude of very short stories populated with things that lurk in the dark corners of human imagination. Wonderfully crafted and sometimes ending with an unexpected outcome, these stories are well rooted in mythology and speak of things beyond the thin veil of reality. - Summary by Rosslyn Carlyle

Recording facts

• Recording title: Fifty-one tales
• Author credits: Lord Dunsany
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 2:15:35

Catalogue topics

• fantasy
• myths
• general fiction
• legends & fairy tales
• fantastic fiction

Track guide

1. 01 - The assignation. Charon. The death of Pan — 6:56
2. 02 - The sphinx at Giza. The hen. Wind and fog — 9:22
3. 03 - The raft-builders. The workman. The guest — 8:54
4. 04 - Death and Odysseus. Death and the orange. The prayer of the flower — 5:53
5. 05 - Time and the tradesman. The little city. The unpasturable fields — 5:48
6. 06 - The worm and the angel. The songless country. The latest thing — 5:40
7. 07 - The demagogue and the demi-monde. The giant poppy. Roses — 5:01
8. 08 - A mistaken identity. The true history of the hare and the tortoise. Alone the immortals — 10:44
9. 09 - A moral little tale. The return of song. Spring In town — 10:23
10. 10 - How the enemy came to Thlunrana. A losing game. Taking up Picadilly — 9:06
11. 11 - The man with the golden ear-rings. The dream of King Karna-Vootra. The storm — 9:34
12. 12 - After the fire. The city. The food of Death — 4:42
13. 13 - The lonely idol. The sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts). The reward — 8:06
14. 14 - The trouble in Leafy Green Street. The mist. Furrow-maker — 7:03
15. 15 - Lobster salad. The return of the exiles. Nature and time — 11:24
16. 16 - The song of the blackbird. The messengers. The three tall sons — 11:22
17. 17 - Compromise. What we have come to. The tomb of Pan — 5:35

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