The Key of Gold: 23 Czech Folk Tales: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Key of Gold: 23 Czech Folk Tales, credited to Joseph Baudis (translator), is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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Librivox public domain recording of The Key of Gold: 23 Czech Folk Tales translated by Joseph Baudis. Not your common fairy tales, this collection is a mixture of morals, quirkiness, and sarcasm. In it one finds ironic dirivitives (if not roots) of well known fairy tales such as "The Brave Little Taylor" and "Beauty and the Beast," as well as some more unusual settings to impart the popular fairy tale themes of justice and happily ever after. Most stories are told with wry humor and often shocking irreverence for the expected fairy tale turn out. This is NOT a book for children, but one for adults who love fairy tales, and enjoy making fun of them. DISCLAIMER: Story 09 contains some racially offensive material in its ending. Due to the LibriVox mission of reading, rather than rewriting, literature in the public domain, it has not been omitted from this anthology. (Summary by MariaSC) For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Key of Gold: 23 Czech Folk Tales
• Author credits: Joseph Baudis (translator)
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 3:40:07

Catalogue topics

• short stories
• czech
• folk tales

Track guide

1. Introduction — 5:14
2. The Twelve Months — 17:35
3. VÍTAZKO — 28:24
4. Boots, Cloak, and Ring — 13:56
5. Silly Jura — 6:03
6. Sleepy John — 9:04
7. Three Doves — 31:26
8. The Bear, the Eagle, and the Fish — 6:31
9. Kojata — 7:38
10. Shepherd Hynek — 21:01
11. The Three Roses — 4:16
12. The Enchanted Princess — 11:42
13. The Twin Brothers — 10:27
14. The Waternick — 6:20
15. The Man Who Met Misery — 4:57
16. Nine at a Blow — 6:36
17. A Clever Lass — 5:49
18. The Soldier and the Devil — 6:25
19. Old Nick and Kitty — 3:32
20. The Knight Bambus — 4:13
21. Francis and Martin — 4:12
22. Witches at the Cross — 1:28
23. The Witch and the Horseshoes — 1:54
24. The Haunted Mill — 1:38

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