Household Tales: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Household Tales, credited to Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, 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 Household Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm. Read in English by Beth Thomas; Peter Yearsley; Melvin Lee; Kurt; Rogthey; deongines; Patrick Saville; Lyn Stanley; Garth Burton; larryhayes7; Jessi McDaniel; Evan Smith; Vittoria Conn; Sonia; Bob Seybold; April6090; aniroo; Jason in Panama; ysevechan; JamesMcAndrew; Larry Turner; Hannah Parrott; Jim Nyenhuis; boatharbor; SaraHale; projund; realisticspeakers; Greg Giordano; Eva K.; J Kyle Sullivan; Tomas Peter; Jennifer Fournier; nomadpenguin; Michael Fassio; James Wahlberg; Garrett Goodison; susanjhudson; Kathleen Moore; DonaldH and Theofromhebersham. The complete Brothers Grimm stories, as translated directly from the German. Some of the stories will be familiar such as The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, and Cinderella. Other tales are less well known such as The Three Black Princesses, and The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was. Content Note for Parents: some of these stories do not flinch from dark themes. For example, in this version of Cinderella birds peck out the eyes of the wicked stepsisters! - Summary by Beth Thomas

Recording facts

• Recording title: Household Tales
• Author credits: Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 210
• Listed recording duration: 6:18:21

Catalogue topics

• fairy tales
• folk tales
• Grimm
• german folk tales

Opening tracks: first 24 of 210

1. 001 - The Frog King, or Iron Henry — 8:25
2. 002 - Cat and Mouse in Partnership — 6:48
3. 003 - Our Lady's Child — 12:40
4. 004 - The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was — 22:07
5. 005 - The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids — 6:51
6. 006 - Faithful John — 17:50
7. 007 - The Good Bargain — 10:08
8. 008 - The Wonderful Musician — 6:16
9. 009 - The Twelve Brothers — 13:33
10. 010 - The Pack of Ragamuffins — 5:41
11. 011 - Little Brother and Little Sister — 15:19
12. 012 - Rapunzel — 8:18
13. 013 - The Three Little Men in the Wood — 13:00
14. 014 - The Three Spinners — 6:05
15. 015 - Hansel and Grethel — 16:47
16. 016 - The Three Snake-Leaves — 9:48
17. 017 - The White Snake — 11:51
18. 018 - The Straw, The Coal and the Bean — 3:31
19. 019 - The Fisherman and His Wife — 18:08
20. 020 - The Valiant Little Tailor — 18:36
21. 021 - Cinderella — 17:31
22. 022 - The Riddle — 7:24
23. 023 - The Mouse, The Bird and The Sausage — 3:43
24. 024 - Mother Holle — 8:03

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