Fifty Famous Stories Retold
by James Baldwin · Free audiobook · 51 chapters
Librivox recording of Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin. Read by Laura Caldwell. Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an event in history. Hear how Alexander the Great tamed Bucephalus, the kindness of Doctor Goldsmith, William Tell, George Washington and his hatchet, King Alfred as well as many other interesting tales. (Summary by Laura Caldwell) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org . Download M4B (93MB)
Chapters
- 1. 00- Concerning These Stories3:08
- 2. 01- King Alfred and the Cakes3:35
- 3. 02- King Alfred and the Beggar3:49
- 4. 03- King Canute on the Seashore3:08
- 5. 04- The Sons of William the Conqueror5:24
- 6. 05- The White Ship5:15
- 7. 06- King John and the Abbot7:24
- 8. 07- A Story of Robin Hood5:57
- 9. 08- Bruce and the Spider2:36
- 10. 09- The Black Douglas3:59
- 11. 10- Three Men of Gotham2:22
- 12. 11- Other Wise Men of Gotham5:27
- 13. 12-The Miller of the Dee2:38
- 14. 13- Sir Philip Sidney2:12
- 15. 14- The Ungrateful Soldier2:17
- 16. 15- Sir Humphrey Gilbert1:56
- 17. 16- Sir Walter Raleigh4:38
- 18. 17- Pocahontas2:12
- 19. 18- George Washington and His Hatchet1:50
- 20. 19- Grace Darling3:39
- 21. 20- The Story of William Tell3:03
- 22. 21- Arnold Winklereid3:20
- 23. 22- The Bell of Atri7:41
- 24. 23- How Napolean Crossed the Alps1:47
- 25. 24- The Story of Cincinnatus5:58
- 26. 25- The Story of Regulus4:06
- 27. 26- Cornelia's Jewels3:34
- 28. 27- Androclus and the Lion4:16
- 29. 28- Horatius at the Bridge4:36
- 30. 29- Julius Caesar2:31
- 31. 30- The Sword of Damocles3:20
- 32. 31- Damon and Pythias3:06
- 33. 32- A Laconic Answer1:58
- 34. 33- The Ungrateful Guest2:21
- 35. 34- Alexander and Bucephalus2:46
- 36. 35- Diogenes the Wise Man2:24
- 37. 36- The Brave Three Hundred2:47
- 38. 37- Socrates and His House1:09
- 39. 38- The King and His Hawk5:08
- 40. 39- Doctor Goldsmith1:58
- 41. 40- The Kingdoms3:28
- 42. 41- The Barmecide Feast4:50
- 43. 42- The Endless Tale4:03
- 44. 43- The Blind Men and the Elephant2:40
- 45. 44- Maximillian and the Goose Boy5:15
- 46. 45- The Inchcape Rock4:05
- 47. 46- Whittington and His Cat14:58
- 48. 47- Casabianca3:38
- 49. 48- Antonio Canova5:47
- 50. 49- Picciola6:07
- 51. 50- Mignon5:51