The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud, credited to Frances Jenkins Olcott, 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 Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud by Frances Jenkins Olcott. Read in English by Beth Thomas; Foon; Lynda Marie Neilson; TracyB; Caroline Lilyard; AnnaLisa Bodtker; Kirsten Bradby; Devorah Allen; Väinö Kervesti; Diana Schmidt; Thomas Rose; Kathleen Moore; marystufflebeam; Nemo Lots of stories and poems about elves, faeries and other wonderful wee folk. All read for you by LibriVox people who love them so what more could you ask for? If you want a break from the harsh 'real' world, come relax for awhile in fairyland where troubles are solved by magic and perhaps a kiss or two. (phil c)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud
• Author credits: Frances Jenkins Olcott
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 77
• Listed recording duration: 9:49:11

Opening tracks: first 24 of 77

1. 01 - Dedication and Foreword — 6:21
2. 02 - Around! Around! in Fairy Rings — 0:59
3. 03 - Adventures of Robin Goodfellow, Old English — 10:49
4. 04 - The Potato Supper, Irish — 8:20
5. 05 - The Milk-White Calf and the Fairy Ring, Irish — 10:12
6. 06 - The Wood-Lady, Bohemian — 9:41
7. 07 - The Dance of the Fairies — 1:40
8. 08 - “’Tis the Midnight Hour” — 1:06
9. 09 - Monday! Tuesday! Irish — 7:03
10. 10 - The Greedy Old Man, Cornish — 7:59
11. 11 - Legend of Bottle Hill, Irish — 14:59
12. 12 - The Brown Dwarf — 8:25
13. 13 - “And will you come away, my Lad?” — 1:23
14. 14 - The Boy who found the Pots of Gold, Irish — 4:52
15. 15 - The Ragweed, Irish — 7:04
16. 16 - The Bad Boy and the Leprechaun, Irish — 4:55
17. 17 - Tom and the Knockers, Cornish — 6:06
18. 18 - The Knockers’ Diamonds, Cornish — 3:34
19. 19 - Skillywidden, Cornish — 7:25
20. 20 - The Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker — 4:45
21. 21 - Glad Little, Sad Little, Bad Little Elves — 1:15
22. 22 - Little Redcap, Irish — 8:16
23. 23 - The Curmudgeon’s Skin, Irish — 9:54
24. 24 - Judy and the Fairy Cat, Irish — 3:13

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