Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore

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  • The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror by Daniel Mallory Ortberg
    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334883 to listen full audiobooks.
    Title: The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror
    Author: Daniel Mallory Ortberg
    Narrator: Christina Traister
    Format: Unabridged Audiobook
    Length: 5 hours 14 minutes
    Release date: June 5, 2018
    Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4
    Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
    Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
    Publisher's Summary:
    From Daniel Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from his beloved 'Children's Stories Made Horrific' series, The Merry Spinster takes up the trademark wit that endeared Ortberg to readers of both The Toast and his best-selling debut Texts From Jane Eyre. The feature has become among the most popular on the site, with each entry bringing in tens of thousands of views, as the stories proved a perfect vehicle for Ortberg’s eye for deconstruction and destabilization. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster updates traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief. Readers of The Toast will instantly recognize Ortberg's boisterous good humor and uber-nerd swagger: those new to Ortberg's oeuvre will delight in his unique spin on fiction, where something a bit mischievous and unsettling is always at work just beneath the surface. Unfalteringly faithful to its beloved source material, The Merry Spinster also illuminates the unsuspected, and frequently, alarming emotional complexities at play in the stories we tell ourselves, and each other, as we tuck ourselves in for the night. Bed time will never be the same.
    5 hr 14 min
  • [Spanish] - La hojarasca by Gabriel García Márquez
    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334524 to listen full audiobooks.
    Title: [Spanish] - La hojarasca
    Author: Gabriel García Márquez
    Narrator: Daniel Nicolás, Inés Oviedo, Juan Sebastián Aragón
    Format: Unabridged Audiobook
    Length: 4 hours 21 minutes
    Release date: May 31, 2018
    Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2
    Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
    Publisher's Summary:
    En La hojarasca nació Macondo, ese poblachón cercano a la costa atlántica colombiana que ya se ha convertido en una de los grandes mitos de la literatura universal. Los mejores autores de nuestro tiempo disponibles en formato audiolibro. En Macondo transcurre la historia de un entierro imposible. Ha muerto un personaje extraño, un antiguo médico odiado por el pueblo, y un viejo coronel retirado, para cumplir una promesa, se ha empeñado en enterrarle ante la oposición de todo el pueblo y sus autoridades. Como en una tragedia griega -el libro lleva como lema una cita de Antígona que recuerda la prohibición de enterrar el cuerpo del Polinices-, el viejo coronel, su hija y su nieto van a cumplir la ominosa tarea. La acción, compuesta por la descripción de los preparativos para el entierro -una media hora- y los recuerdos de un cuarto de siglo de la historia de Macondo, de 1905 a 1928, se narra a través de los pensamientos de estos tres personajes. «De pronto como si un remolino hubiera echado raíces en el centro del pueblo, llegó la compañía bananera perseguida por la hojarasca. Era una hojarasca revuelta, alborotada, formada por los desperdicios humanos y materiales de los otros pueblos: rastrojos de una guerra civil que cada vez parecía más remota e inverosímil. La hojarasca era implacable.» La crítica ha dicho... «Cuando de la barbarie no quede ni sombra de recuerdo, las obras de García Márquez seguirán iluminando el corazón de multitudes con su destello inagotable.» Ricardo Moreno, El País
    4 hr 21 min
  • [Spanish] - El general en su laberinto by Gabriel García Márquez
    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334523 to listen full audiobooks.
    Title: [Spanish] - El general en su laberinto
    Author: Gabriel García Márquez
    Narrator: Carlos Manuel Vesga
    Format: Unabridged Audiobook
    Length: 7 hours 42 minutes
    Release date: May 31, 2018
    Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2
    Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
    Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
    Publisher's Summary:
    García Márquez retrata con pulso magistral la figura de Simón Bolívar, que transmutó el destino de América. Las mejores obras de nuestro tiempo para escuchar Aclamado por el pueblo como Libertador, blanco de numerosas conjuras políticas y militares, héroe romántico y hasta libertino para sus detractores y sus partidarios, idealista íntegro y abandonado que contempla las ruinas de su sueño de unidad de los pueblos americanos, tras la independencia del dominio español Simón Bolívar emprende -enfermo, con un menguado séquito- el que será su viaje final. Parte desde Bogotá para seguir el curso del río Magdalena. Su viaje será el último en un doble sentido: le proporciona oportunidades para considerar los pasos que ha dado en su agitada vida y, al tiempo, la gravedad de sus dolencias apresta en varios meses su encuentro con la muerte. El pulso magistral de Gabriel García Márquez refiere hasta en sus detalles mínimos la inmensa aventura que, impulsada por la voluntad de Bolívar, transmutó el destino de América. «José Palacios, su servidor más antiguo, lo encontró flotando en las aguas depurativas de la bañera, desnudo y con los ojos abiertos, y creyó que se había ahogado. Sabía que ése era uno de sus muchos modos de meditar, pero el estado de éxtasis en que yacía a la deriva parecía de alguien que ya no era de este mundo. No se atrevió a acercarse, sino que lo llamó con voz sorda de acuerdo con la orden de despertarlo antes de las cinco para viajar con las primeras luces.»
    7 hr 42 min
  • Lancelot: 'A masterpiece’ said Conn Iggulden by Giles Kristian
    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332057 to listen full audiobooks.
    Title: Lancelot: 'A masterpiece’ said Conn Iggulden
    Author: Giles Kristian
    Narrator: Philip Stevens
    Format: Unabridged Audiobook
    Length: 22 hours 56 minutes
    Release date: May 31, 2018
    Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4
    Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3
    Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
    Publisher's Summary:
    Random House presents the audiobook edition of Lancelot by Giles Kristian. The legions of Rome are a fading memory. Enemies stalk the fringes of Britain. And Uther Pendragon is dying. Into this fractured and uncertain world the boy is cast, a refugee from fire, murder and betrayal. An outsider whose only companions are a hateful hawk and memories of the lost. Yet he is gifted, and under the watchful eyes of Merlin and the Lady Nimue he will hone his talents and begin his journey to manhood. He will meet Guinevere, a wild, proud and beautiful girl, herself outcast because of her gift. And he will be dazzled by Arthur, a warrior who carries the hopes of a people like fire in the dark. But these are times of struggle and blood, when even friendship and love seem doomed to fail. The gods are vanishing beyond the reach of dreams. Treachery and jealousy rule men’s hearts and the fate of Britain itself rests on a sword’s edge. But the young renegade who left his home in Benoic with just a hunting bird and dreams of revenge is now a lord of war. He is a man loved and hated, admired and feared. A man forsaken but not forgotten. He is Lancelot. Set in a 5th century Britain besieged by invading bands of Saxons and Franks, Irish and Picts, Giles Kristian's epic new novel tells - through the warrior's own words - the story of Lancelot, that most celebrated of all King Arthur's knights. It is a story ready to be re-imagined for our times.
    22 hr 56 min
  • Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328438 to listen full audiobooks.
    Title: Who Fears Death
    Author: Nnedi Okorafor
    Narrator: Nneka Okoye
    Format: Unabridged Audiobook
    Length: 14 hours 55 minutes
    Release date: May 31, 2018
    Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7
    Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
    Publisher's Summary:
    An award-winning literary author enters the world of magical realism with her World Fantasy Award-winning novel of a remarkable woman in post-apocalyptic Africa. Now optioned as a TV series for HBO, with executive producer George R.R. Martin! In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways; yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. A woman who has survived the annihilation of her village and a terrible rape by an enemy general wanders into the desert, hoping to die. Instead, she gives birth to an angry baby girl with hair and skin the colour of sand. Gripped by the certainty that her daughter is different – special – she names her Onyesonwu, which means ‘Who fears death?’ in an ancient language. It doesn't take long for Onye to understand that she is physically and socially marked by the circumstances of her conception. She is Ewu – a child of rape who is expected to live a life of violence, a half-breed rejected by her community. But Onye is not the average Ewu. Even as a child, she manifests the beginnings of a remarkable and unique magic. As she grows, so do her abilities, and during an inadvertent visit to the spirit realm, she learns something terrifying: someone powerful is trying to kill her. Desperate to elude her would-be murderer and to understand her own nature, she embarks on a journey in which she grapples with nature, tradition, history, true love, and the spiritual mysteries of her culture, and ultimately learns why she was given the name she bears: Who Fears Death.
    14 hr 55 min
  • Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse Mythology [Booktrack Soundtrack Edition] by Mary. H Foster, Mable H. Cummings
    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336527 to listen full audiobooks.
    Title: Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse Mythology [Booktrack Soundtrack Edition]
    Author: Mary. H Foster, Mable H. Cummings
    Narrator: Keith O'brien
    Format: Unabridged Audiobook
    Length: 2 hours 24 minutes
    Release date: May 29, 2018
    Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2
    Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
    Publisher's Summary:
    This edition of Asgard Stories is enhanced with a musical soundtrack from Booktrack for an immersive listening experience! This collection of classic stories delves into the fascinating lore of Norse mythology to reveal the tales of Odin, Thor, Freya, and more. Compiled over a century ago, Foster & Cummings' writings give life to the stories that inspired the Vikings and some of our most beloved pop culture today. Stories included: - The Story of the Beginning - Odin’s Reward - Tyr and the Wolf - Freyja’s Necklace - The Hammer of Thor - Thor’s Wonderful Journey - How Thor Lost His Hammer - A Gift from Frigga - The Stealing of Iduna - Skadi - Baldur - Ægir’s Feast - The Punishment of Loki - The Twilight of the Gods
    2 hr 24 min
  • Fly: Goose Girl Retold by Demelza Carlton
    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335579 to listen full audiobooks.
    Title: Fly: Goose Girl Retold
    Series: #3 of Romance a Medieval Fairytale
    Author: Demelza Carlton
    Narrator: Mary Sarah
    Format: Unabridged Audiobook
    Length: 3 hours 5 minutes
    Release date: May 29, 2018
    Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3
    Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
    Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
    Publisher's Summary:
    Two princesses. One prince. And the war has just begun. Once upon a time . . . Princess Ava was sent to a neighboring kingdom as a lady-in-waiting to her sister, their future queen. Until a runaway horse, a case of amnesia and a cold-hearted king conspire to bring her to the prince's attention. Now the prince believes Ava is his bride, and her sister is just a serving maid. One thing is certain: the prince must marry one of the princesses, or there will be war. But when all's fair in love and war . . . who will win the battle for the prince's heart? Contains mature themes.
    0 min
  • Japanese Tales by Patrick Healy
    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337578 to listen full audiobooks.
    Title: Japanese Tales
    Author: Patrick Healy
    Narrator: Denise Kahn
    Format: Unabridged Audiobook
    Length: 7 hours 19 minutes
    Release date: May 28, 2018
    Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
    Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
    Publisher's Summary:
    The teacher, Patrick Healy, travelled around the world, talked with people in different places, and collected around half thousand myths, legends, and folktales and their several alternative versions. His opinion and comments (directly or indirectly) are inevitable. This book is the eighth volume of his work, 21 Japanese Tales, in his words. He retold the stories with his own opinion and approach to them. Patrick is an Australian writer who has an abiding interest in the folklore of different cultures. He has lived and worked in Hong Kong for over twenty-five years as a high school teacher. Patrick has travelled extensively throughout Asia and spoke both Cantonese and Mandarin fluently.
    7 hr 19 min
  • [Spanish] - La increíble y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y de su abuela desalmada by Gabriel García Márquez
    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334518 to listen full audiobooks.
    Title: [Spanish] - La increíble y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y de su abuela desalmada
    Author: Gabriel García Márquez
    Narrator: Julio Correal
    Format: Unabridged Audiobook
    Length: 4 hours 1 minute
    Release date: May 24, 2018
    Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2
    Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
    Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
    Publisher's Summary:
    Escucha ahora estos siete relatos de plena madurez, de la etapa en la que Macondo abrió a su autor las puertas del realismo mágico. Los mejores autores de nuestro tiempo disponibles en formato audiolibro. Este audiolibro excepcional reúne la novela corta que le otorga su título y otros seis relatos más, de los que todos menos uno pertenecen a la etapa de plena madurez del autor. Fueron los años en los que Macondo le abrió las puertas del realismo mágico: la frase se hace más larga y caudalosa, la realidad se expresa mediante fórmulas mágicas y legendarias, los milagros se insertan en la vida cotidiana. La cándida Eréndira y su abuela desalmada personifican la inocencia y la maldad, el amor y su perversión, y el relato recuerda al mismo tiempo a las gestas medievales y a los cantos provenzales o trovadorescos, aunque, como siempre, inmersos en ese mundo denso y frutal del Caribe americano. Estas siete narraciones no son ejercicios para conservar un estilo, ni muchísimo menos, sino siete exploraciones en el mundo definitivo que el escritor había conquistado de una vez por todas. «Eréndira estaba bañando a la abuela cuando empezó el viento de su desgracia. La enorme mansión de argamasa lunar, extraviada en la soledad del desierto, se estremeció hasta los estribos con la primera embestida. Pero Eréndira y la abuela estaban hechas a los riesgos de aquella naturaleza desatinada, y apenas si notaron el calibre del viento en el baño adornado de pavorreales repetidos y mosaicos pueriles de termas romanas.» El escritor Juan García Hortelano ha dicho... «García Márquez es ese ejemplo realmente espléndido de la literatura que gusta mucho a mucha gente, lo cual es muy poco frecuente.»
    6 min
  • [Spanish] - La mala hora by Gabriel García Márquez
    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334516 to listen full audiobooks.
    Title: [Spanish] - La mala hora
    Author: Gabriel García Márquez
    Narrator: Juan Sebastián Aragón
    Format: Unabridged Audiobook
    Length: 6 hours 7 minutes
    Release date: May 24, 2018
    Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
    Publisher's Summary:
    En La mala hora, Gabriel García Márquez construye un inolvidable apólogo sobre la violencia colectiva. Las mejores obras de Gabriel García Márquez disponibles en formato audiolibro. Al pueblo ha llegado «la mala hora» de los campesinos, la hora de la desgracia. La comarca ha sido «pacificada» después de tanta guerra civil. Han ganado los conservadores, que se dedican a perseguir cruel y pertinazmente a sus adversarios liberales. Al alba de una mañana, mientras el padre Ángel se dispone a celebrar la misa, suena un disparo en el pueblo. Un comerciante de ganado, advertido de la infidelidad de su mujer por un pasquín pegado a la puerta de su casa, acaba de matar al presunto amante de ésta. Es uno más de los pasquines anónimos clavados en las puertas de las casas, que no son panfletos políticos, sino simples denuncias sobre la vida privada de los ciudadanos. Pero no revelan nada que no se supieran de antemano: son los viejos rumores que ahora se han hecho públicos, y a partir de ellos estalla la violencia subyacente a la luz tórrida, espesa, cansada y pegajosa, en una serie de escenas encadenadas de inolvidable belleza. «El padre Ángel se incorporó con un esfuerzo solemne. Se frotó los párpados con los huesos de las manos, apartó el mosquitero de punto y permaneció sentado en la estera pelada, pensativo un instante, el tiempo indispensable para darse cuenta de que estaba vivo, y para recordar la fecha y su correspondencia en el santoral. 'Martes, 4 de octubre', pensó; y dijo en voz baja: 'San Francisco de Asís'.» Emir Rodríguez Monegal dijo... «En La mala hora García Márquez no sólo aporta su maestría sino una capacidad de superar el realismo por la vía de una exasperación de las situaciones y de una discreta alegorización de los motivos esenciales de la novela.»
    6 min

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