Polish Fairy Tales: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Polish Fairy Tales, credited to A. J. Glinski, 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 Polish Fairy Tales, by A. J. Glinski These are selections from a large collection made by A. J. Glinski, printed at Wilna in 1862. These fairy tales come from a far past and may even date from primitive times. They represent the folklore current among the peasantry of the Eastern provinces of Poland, and also in those provinces usually known as White Russia. They were set down by Glinski just as they were related to him by the peasants. In the translation it was of course necessary to shorten them considerably; the continual repetition—however quaint and fascinating in the original—cannot easily be reproduced. Portions, too, are often told in rhyme, or in a species of rhyming prose that we associate with the ancient ballad. The obvious likenesses between these and the folklore of Germany, the Celtic nations, or to the Indian fairy-tales, will strike every listener. (Summary by preface and phil chenevert)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Polish Fairy Tales
• Author credits: A. J. Glinski
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 7
• Listed recording duration: 2:05:25

Catalogue topics

• fairy tales
• polish
• pole

Track guide

1. 1 - The Frog Princess — 16:19
2. 2 - Princess Miranda and Prince Hero — 18:51
3. 3 - The Eagles — 11:41
4. 4 - The Whirlwind — 21:52
5. 5 - The Good Ferryman and the Water Nymphs — 22:28
6. 6 - The Princess Of The Brazen Mountain — 12:01
7. 7 - The Bear in the Forest Hut — 22:15

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