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A Book of Myths

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First published
1914
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  1. Preface and Post-Script

    11:12

  2. Prometheus and Pandora

    18:52

  3. Pygmalion

    8:52

  4. Phaeton

    18:42

  5. Endymion

    9:15

  6. Orpheus

    20:34

  7. Apollo and Daphne

    7:08

  8. Psyche

    41:54

  9. The Calydonian Hunt

    16:20

  10. Atalanta

    7:32

  11. Arachné

    14:28

  12. Idas and Marpessa

    18:46

  13. Arethusa

    8:36

  14. Perseus the Hero

    35:49

  15. Niobe

    9:30

  16. Hyacinthus

    8:24

  17. King Midas of the Golden Touch

    17:47

  18. Ceyx and Halcyone

    19:02

  19. Aristaeus the Bee-Keeper

    12:44

  20. Proserpine

    14:16

  21. Latona and the Rustics

    8:45

  22. Echo and Narcissus

    12:40

  23. Icarus

    15:35

  24. Clytie

    5:45

  25. The Cranes of Ibycus

    8:04

  26. Syrinx

    9:31

  27. The Death of Adonis

    12:34

  28. Pan

    19:54

  29. Lorelei

    12:24

  30. Freya, Queen of the Northern Gods

    13:47

  31. The Death of Baldur

    18:31

  32. Beowulf

    42:09

  33. Roland the Paladin

    41:44

  34. The Children of Lir

    31:31

  35. Deirdrê

    52:00

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About this book

Jean Lang gathered thirty-four of the old stories here and retold them in plain, unhurried English: Prometheus stealing fire, Pandora opening what she was told to leave shut, Pygmalion's statue waking, Midas ruined by his own wish, Orpheus going down after Eurydice. Most are Greek, though she does not stop there. Later chapters cross north and west for the Lorelei, Freya, the death of Baldur, Beowulf, Roland the Paladin, the Children of Lîr and Deirdrê. Lang breaks the narration with her own commentary and with lines from Milton, Keats, Tennyson and others the same myths had caught. She finished the book in 1914; it reached readers the next year, carrying a postscript that set Prometheus beside those enduring the war that had begun that August. Helen Stratton supplied the colour illustrations.

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Jean Lang

Jean Lang (1867-1932), who also wrote as Jeanie Lang and as Mrs. John Lang, was a Scottish writer with a long interest in myth and legend: where the stories came from, and how they shifted as they passed from teller to teller.

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Book facts

Author
Jean Lang
First published
1914
Reading time
About 6 hours
Pages
316
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
James K. White