The Story of King Arthur, in Twelve Tales: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Story of King Arthur, in Twelve Tales, credited to Winona Caroline Martin, 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 Story of King Arthur, in Twelve Tales by Winona Caroline Martin. Read in English by RussellEric; Scotty Smith; Mindle Hastings; Morgan Z. Sowell; c8tchoi ; Foon; Rachel Maguire Of all the legends of bygone ages which we in the foremost ranks of time may call our own perhaps none have come to us so fraught with the spirit of lofty idealism as those which cluster about the figure of King Arthur of Britain and the mystic Quest of the Holy Grail. In their devious wanderings down the centuries they have gradually been purified of all original coarseness while still retaining that wonderful charm and simplicity which belongs to the tales of the childhood of the race. Furthermore, upon the lips of many a bard, both ancient and modern, they have become literature, so that they are now the rightful heritage of the child of to-day and should, in one form or another, find a place in every class room as supplementary reading at least. Because, for obvious reasons, in dealing with young children, the versions of the masters have not always proved practicable, the author has ventured to offer this little volume which grew out of a library story-hour trusting that it may be useful to mothers, teachers, children’s librarians and others who are endeavouring to hold before the children of a materialistic age that vision without which the people perish. - Summary by Winona Caroline Martin

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Story of King Arthur, in Twelve Tales
• Author credits: Winona Caroline Martin
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 13
• Listed recording duration: 5:05:29

Catalogue topics

• children
• fiction
• adventure
• America
• war
• england
• 1915
• 2018

Track guide

1. 00 - Heroes, by Gertrude C. Hopkins — 2:18
2. 01 - Tale I - Merlin and His Prophecies — 24:34
3. 02 - Tale II - How Arthur Won His Kingdom — 23:44
4. 03 - Tale III - How Arthur Won His Sword 'Excalibur', His Bride and His Round Table — 27:06
5. 04 - Tale IV - Gareth the Kitchen Knave — 27:27
6. 05 - Tale V - Geraint with the Sparrow-Hawk — 25:37
7. 06 - Tale VI - Tristram the Forest Knight — 34:05
8. 07 - Tale VII - The Adventures of Launcelot — 24:24
9. 08 - Tale VIII - The Dolorous Stroke — 25:40
10. 09 - Tale IX - The Coming of Galahad — 18:02
11. 10 - Tale X - The Quest of the Holy Grail — 23:20
12. 11 - Tale XI - The Achieving of the Quest — 24:51
13. 12 - Tale XII - The Passing of Arthur — 24:21

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