Fifty Famous Stories Retold (version 2) by James BALDWIN read by Various | Full Audio Book

Fifty Famous Stories Retold (version 2) by James BALDWIN (1841 - 1925) Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, *Non-fiction Read by: Clarica, Kristine Bekere, Annoying Twit, Ernst Pattynama, Jennifer Stearns, dexter, Janna, Petra, Alex Buie, Joe Pilsbury, MCrovi, Rechelle, David Lawrence, Denny Sayers (d. 2015), Christine Blachford, Varra Unreal, alexrobinson, Rhonda Federman in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - Concerning These Stories 00:03:10 - 01 - King Alfred and the Cakes 00:06:55 - 02 - King Alfred and the Beggar 00:10:52 - 03 - King Canute on the Seashore 00:13:42 - 04 - The Sons of William the Conqueror 00:19:47 - 05 - The White Ship 00:25:49 - 06 - King John and the Abbot 00:34:04 - 07 - A Story of Robin Hood 00:39:39 - 08 - Bruce and the Spider 00:42:37 - 09 - The Black Douglas 00:46:31 - 10 - Three Men of Gotham 00:49:13 - 11 - Other Wise Men of Gotham 00:54:06 - 12 - The Miller of the Dee 00:57:02 - 13 - Sir Philip Sidney 00:59:11 - 14 - The Ungrateful Soldier 01:01:15 - 15 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert 01:03:05 - 16 - Sir Walter Raleigh 01:07:29 - 17 - Pocahontas 01:09:28 - 18 - George Washington and his Hatchet 01:11:18 - 19 - Grace Darling 01:14:37 - 20 - The Story of William Tell 01:17:34 - 21 - Arnold Winkelried 01:20:38 - 22 - The Bell of Atri 01:27:39 - 23 - How Napoleon Crossed the Alps 01:29:26 - 24 - The Story of Cincinnatus 01:36:36 - 25 - The Story of Regulus 01:41:31 - 26 - Cornelia's Jewels 01:45:59 - 27 - Androclus and the Lion 01:50:56 - 28 - Horatius at the Bridge 01:56:57 - 29 - Julius Cæsar 01:59:24 - 30 - The Sword of Damocles 02:02:40 - 31 - Damon and Pythias 02:05:36 - 32 - A Laconic Answer 02:07:39 - 33 - The Ungrateful Guest 02:09:56 - 34 - Alexander and Bucephalus 02:12:41 - 35 - Diogenes the Wise Man 02:15:13 - 36 - The Brave Three Hundred 02:17:56 - 37 - Socrates and his House 02:19:06 - 38 - The King and his Hawk 02:24:00 - 39 - Doctor Goldsmith 02:26:07 - 40 - The Kingdoms 02:31:02 - 41 - The Barmecide Feast 02:35:55 - 42 - The Endless Tale 02:40:27 - 43 - The Blind Men and the Elephant 02:43:38 - 44 - Maximilian and the Goose Boy 02:47:50 - 45 - The Inchcape Rock 02:51:40 - 46 - Whittington and his Cat 03:05:42 - 47 - Casabianca 03:09:19 - 48 - Antonio Canova 03:15:26 - 49 - Picciola 03:22:46 - 50 - Mignon Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy, and are intended only to amuse. Some are derived from very ancient sources, and are current in the literature of many lands; some have come to us through the ballads and folk tales of the English people; a few are of quite recent origin (Excerpt from text) More information: http://librivox.org/fifty-famous-stor...