Folk-lore and legends: English


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(4.1 stars; 7 reviews)

The old English Folklore Tales are fast dying out. The simplicity of character necessary for the retaining of old memories and beliefs is being lost, more rapidly in England, perhaps, than in any other part of the world. Our folk are giving up the old myths for new ones. Before remorseless “progress,” and the struggle for existence, the poetry of life is being quickly blotted out. In editing this volume I have endeavoured to select some of the best specimens of our Folklore. With regard to the nursery tales, I have taken pains to give them as they are in the earliest editions I could find. I must say, however, that, while I have taken every care to alter only as much as was absolutely necessary in these tales, some excision and slight alteration has at times been required. - Summary by Charles John Tibbits (5 hr 19 min)

Chapitres

Introductory Note 1:46 Lu par Paul Mazumdar
A Dissertation on Fairies Part 1 33:15 Lu par Bill Boerst
A Dissertation on Fairies Part 2 32:32 Lu par Foon
Nelly the Knocker 5:30 Lu par Dafni Ma
The Three Fools 6:13 Lu par arjunanand
Some Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham 9:56 Lu par Foon
The Tulip Fairies 3:37 Lu par Sonnie Abdalla
The History of Jack and the Giants 46:41 Lu par Linda Johnson
The Fairies’ Cup 2:39 Lu par Gemma L Myers
The White Lady 4:15 Lu par Gemma L Myers
A Pleasant and Delightful History of Thomas Hickathrift 48:53 Lu par Linda Johnson
The Spectre Coach 9:59 Lu par Linda Johnson
The Baker’s Daughter 4:37 Lu par arjunanand
The Fairy Children 3:35 Lu par Jessica Jiwon Choe
The History of Jack and the Beanstalk 32:03 Lu par Fadi Qutub
Johnny Reed’s Cat 8:31 Lu par Elizabeth P.
Lame Molly 4:35 Lu par Elizabeth P.
The Brown man of the Moors 2:41 Lu par Jonathan Paul Arnold
How the Cobbler cheated the Devil 4:20 Lu par Jonathan Paul Arnold
The Tavistock Witch 3:11 Lu par Jonathan Paul Arnold
The Worm of Lambton 10:08 Lu par Linda Johnson
The Old Woman and the Crooked Sixpence 4:06 Lu par arjunanand
The Yorkshire Boggart 5:59 Lu par susanjhudson
The Duergar 6:36 Lu par Linda Johnson
The Barn Elves 2:40 Lu par Linda Johnson
Legends of King Arthur 8:26 Lu par susanjhudson
Silky 12:51 Lu par Paul Mazumdar

Critiques

Karl


(3 stars)

Excellent as normal for Librivox except the sections by Arnunagand (sic) which are either difficult or next to impossible to understand.