Early English Hero Tales
Jeannette Augustus Marks's Early English Hero Tales (1915) is a folklore and fairy tales novel.
A free LibriVox audiobook (2 h 26 min) is available.
About Early English Hero Tales
Supposing you were asked to enter a Great Palace? And within that palace, you were told, were more than a thousand golden doors? And those doors opened into rooms and upon gardens and balconies, all of which were the most beautiful of palace rooms and gardens? And some were more beautiful than anything the world had ever known before? Do you think you would go through the gate to that palace? And if you were told that in the palace were lamps so bright that they lighted not only the palace, but cast a glow over the whole world? And that these lamps hung from chains the ends of which you could not see, just as Pryderi was not able to see the ends of the hanging golden chains in the palace which he entered? And once within the Great Palace you were not only better for being there, but also happier and stronger and more beautiful, and never any more could you be lonely? It sounds like an Aladdin's lamp, does it not, which, once seen and touched, could bring so much beauty and power into our lives! Indeed, it is Aladdin's lampβthe lamp of men's minds and souls. And the Great Palace is the Palace of English Literature. - Summary by From the introduction
Free audiobook
Early English Hero Tales β LibriVox recording, 2 h 26 min in 11 sections.
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Quick answers
Who wrote Early English Hero Tales?
Early English Hero Tales was written by Jeannette Augustus Marks and first published in 1915.
What genre is Early English Hero Tales?
It is usually shelved as Fairy Tales & Folklore.
Is there a free audiobook of Early English Hero Tales?
Yes β LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 2 h 26 min.
What books are similar to Early English Hero Tales?
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