Tales of 1927: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Published in 1927: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Tales of 1927: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Published in 1927, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Tales of 1927: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Published in 1927 by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers This anthology of folktales, fables, and legends has been selected from twenty different books published (or re-published) in 1927, covering a range of European stories (ancient and modern) along with stories from the Americas, Africa, South Asia, and East Asia. Many, but not all, of the stories are for young readers. - Summary by Laura Gibbs

Recording facts

• Recording title: Tales of 1927: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Published in 1927
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 2:38:27

Catalogue topics

• fairy tales
• folktales
• myths
• Legends

Track guide

1. 01 - from the ancient Greek Odyssey: "Ulysses and the Bag of Winds" retold by William H. Elson — 5:21
2. 02 - from the ancient Roman Aeneid: "The Wanderings of Aeneas" retold by H. L. Havell — 8:38
3. 03 - an Aesop's fable: "The Frogs Ask for a King" in Krylov's Fables, retold by Bernard Pares — 6:18
4. 04 - a Medieval European legend: "Herod and the Bubbles" retold by F.J.H. Darton — 4:21
5. 05 - a legend from northern Italy: "King Laurin's Rose Garden" retold by Karl Felix Wolff — 4:04
6. 06 - a legend from Ireland: "Princess Fior Usga" retold by Thomas Crofton Croker — 7:10
7. 07 - a Paul Bunyan story from the USA: "The Growing Boy" retold by James Cloyd Bowman — 13:52
8. 08 - a Pueblo (Native American) story: "Coyote and Evening Star" retold by Ahlee James — 9:27
9. 09 - a Dakota (Native American) story: "The Story of White Dawn" retold by Winona Blanche Allanson — 5:23
10. 10 - a Tlingit (Native American) story: "Beaver and Porcupine" retold by Elizabeth Bishop Johnson — 4:38
11. 11 - African-American stories: "Rabbit Tales" collected by Arthur Huff Fauset — 11:52
12. 12 - a Lamba story from central Africa: "Mr. Warthog and Mr. Lion" collected by Clement Doke — 4:10
13. 13 - a Hausa story from western Africa: "Cayman, Man, and Jackal" retold by Blaise Cendrars — 6:46
14. 14 - a Swahili from eastern Africa: "The Man Befriended by Luck" collected by E. C. Baker — 7:59
15. 15 - a story from Morocco: "The Fatal House" retold by Edward Powys Mathers — 6:41
16. 16 - a Pashtun story from South Asia: "How the Greedy Princess Was Tricked" collected by Lucas White King — 5:26
17. 17 - a Buddhist story from India: "The Grateful Animals" retold by Marguerite Aspinwall — 15:29
18. 18 - a Lepcha fairy tale from South Asia: "A Fairy Disguised as a Puppy" collected by Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks — 4:48
19. 19 - a folktale from East Asia: "Moko and the Twelve Little Earth Men" retold by Charles H. Meeker — 12:40
20. 20 - a folktale from Japan: "The Weaver of the Frost" retold by Ken Nakazawa — 13:24

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