Myths & Legends audiobooks

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is a fictional biography of what we know today as Saint Nicholas, the man of gifts. Lyman Frank Baum narrates the story of Claus, an orphan who was found, cared and brought up by Ak in the Burzee forests. As Claus grows up, he leaves forest and reaches Laughing valley, where he starts making toys and present t..

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

by Oscar Wilde

The Happy Prince, and Other Tales is a collection of short stories written by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. Primarily dealing with love and selfishness, this children's stories teaches moral for the young readers. The Happy Prince explores the greedy humans, when the Prince who is a statue now asks the valuable thinks from his body and ending up in..

A House Of Pomegranates

by Oscar Wilde

A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published in 1891 as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888). Wilde once said that this collection was "intended neither for the British child nor the British public.The stories included in this collection are as follows:1. The Young Kin..

Flower Fables

by Louisa May Alcott

Flower Fables was the first work published by Louisa May Alcott and appeared on December 9, 1854. The book was a compilation of fanciful stories first written six years earlier for Ellen Emerson...

Under the Sunset

by Bram Stoker

Under the Sunset is a collection of short stories by Bram Stoker (the author of Dracula), first published in 1881. Its significance in the development of fantasy literature was recognized by its republication by the Newcastle Publishing Company as the seventeenth volume of the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library series in October, 1978.T..

Cobwebs from an Empty Skull

by Ambrose Bierce

The matter of which this volume is composed appeared originally in the columns of "FUN," when the wisdom of the Fables and the truth of the Tales tended to wholesomely diminish the levity of that jocund sheet. Their publication in a new form would seem to be a fitting occasion to say something as to their merit. Homer's "Iliad," it will be rem..

Famous Men of Greece

by John H. Haaren

Attractive biographical sketches of thirty-five of the most prominent characters in the history of ancient Greece, from legendary times to its fall in 146 B.C. Each story is told in a clear, simple manner, and is well calculated to awaken and stimulate the youthful imagination. Ideal introduction to ancient Greece for ages 9 and up. Although w..

Famous Men of Rome

by John H. Haaren

Attractive biographical sketches of twenty-eight of the most prominent characters in the history of ancient Rome, from its founding to its fall. Includes most of the best known characters from the kingdom and republic of Rome, as well as the most prominent personages from the imperial age. Each story is told in a clear, simple manner, and is well c..