Myths
The Ramayan
The Ramayan is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti). …
Phantasmion
In 1837 came Phantasmion, a Fairy Tale, Sara Coleridge's longest original work, described by critic Mike Ashley as "the first fairytale…
Told in the gardens of Araby
A collection of Persian stories - Summary by Doug Wade
Aesop's Fables
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
African Jungle Tales
Carl Bender [1869-1935] was a German-born American missionary in Cameroon. During his years in Africa, he collected folktales which he later…
Twilight Land
The room was all full of twilight; but there they sat, every one of them. I did not count them, but there were ever so many: Aladdin, and Al…
Everybody's Book of Luck
The book of luck or, a guide to your success, fortune, future, palmistry, astrology, etc . is an engrossing compendium of legends, myths and…
Hero and Leander
Two young people, the epitome of young masculine and feminine beauty, fall in love at first sight, but their union is forbidden by the tyran…
The Flower Princess
ONCE upon a time there was a beautiful Princess named Fleurette, who lived in a white marble palace on the top of a high hill. The Princess …
The Tangle-Coated Horse
The Fionn Saga is one of the oldest, strangest of Gaelic Sagas: it is also one of the best remembered, for to this day in Gaelic-speaking Sc…
Personal Collection of Short Tales
This is a selection of the fairy tales (in English) written by Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm and Wilhelm Karl Grimm in the early 19th Century. The…
Legends of Saints and Sinners
"I have called the present volume "Legends of Saints and Sinners," which to a certain extent it is; but I mean it for a book …
The Stone Axe Of Burkamukk
Mary Grant Bruce was an Australian children's writer who spent one year collecting Aboriginal stories in Gippsland - a part of Victoria whic…
The Emerald Story Book
There is no richer theme for children’s stories than the miracle of Spring. The selections in “The Emerald Story Book” aim to serve the youn…
Faust II
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal w…
The Rainbow Cat
THERE was once a cat which was not in the least like any cat you have ever seen, or I either, for the matter of that. It was a fairy cat, yo…
The Gold of Fairnilee
A fairy story set in Scotland about Jean and Randal and what happens when Randal disappears into fairyland. This is Lang's second fairy tal…
Children's Short Works
Discover a delightful assortment of stories in Children's Short Works, a collection featuring 15 enchanting tales for young listeners. Curat…
Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose
Uncle Wiggly, that irrepressible rabbit, meets characters from Mother Goose in these stories. The Cow that Jumped Over the Moon; the 3 Litt…
Iracema, the Honey-Lips
Iracema (translated as Iracema, the Honey Lips: a legend of Brazil) is considered one of the most important books of Brazilian romanticism, …