Stories from Pentamerone: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Stories from Pentamerone, credited to Giambattista Basile, 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 the Stories from Pentamerone by Giambattista Basile. Read by Joy Chan. This is one of the oldest written collections of fairy tales. Although the names are different, listeners should recognise many of the stories as the basis of modern fairy tales. Be warned however, that these stories are a lot more violent and gruesome then the Disney versions you may be familiar with. Parents should listen to the files to gauge their suitability before allowing children to listen to them. (written by Joy Chan) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Stories from Pentamerone
• Author credits: Giambattista Basile
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 32
• Listed recording duration: 7:43:57

Catalogue topics

• children
• Stories from Pentamerone
• Giambattista Basile
• fairy tales

Opening tracks: first 24 of 32

1. 01 - How the tales came to be told — 16:39
2. 02 - The Myrtle — 17:39
3. 03 - Peruonto — 14:36
4. 04 - Vardiello — 13:15
5. 05 - The Flea — 12:16
6. 06 - Cenerentola — 13:03
7. 07 - The Merchant — 12:07
8. 08 - Goat-face — 13:08
9. 09 - The Enchanted Doe — 13:03
10. 10 - Parsley — 8:03
11. 11 - The Three Sisters — 11:27
12. 12 - Violet — 11:01
13. 13 - Pippo — 10:45
14. 14 - The Serpent — 18:02
15. 15 - The She-Bear — 16:14
16. 16 - The Dove — 19:01
17. 17 - Cannetella — 14:55
18. 18 - Corvetto — 12:01
19. 19 - The Booby — 14:06
20. 20 - The Stone in the Cock's Head — 11:35
21. 21 - The Three Enchanted Princes — 15:18
22. 22 - The Dragon — 21:15
23. 23 - The Two Cakes — 13:51
24. 24 - The Seven Doves — 25:19

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