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Fifty Famous Stories Retold

First published
1896
Pages
162

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  1. Concerning These Stories

    3:08

  2. King Alfred and the Cakes

    3:35

  3. King Alfred and the Beggar

    3:49

  4. King Canute on the Seashore

    3:08

  5. The Sons of William the Conqueror

    5:24

  6. The White Ship

    5:15

  7. King John and the Abbot

    7:24

  8. A Story of Robin Hood

    5:57

  9. Bruce and the Spider

    2:36

  10. The Black Douglas

    3:59

  11. Three Men of Gotham

    2:22

  12. Other Wise Men of Gotham

    5:27

  13. The Miller of the Dee

    2:38

  14. Sir Philip Sidney

    2:12

  15. The Ungrateful Soldier

    2:17

  16. Sir Humphrey Gilbert

    1:56

  17. Sir Walter Raleigh

    4:38

  18. Pocahontas

    2:12

  19. George Washington and His Hatchet

    1:50

  20. Grace Darling

    3:39

  21. The Story of William Tell

    3:03

  22. Arnold Winklereid

    3:20

  23. The Bell of Atri

    7:41

  24. How Napoleon Crossed the Alps

    1:47

  25. The Story of Cincinnatus

    5:58

  26. The Story of Regulus

    4:06

  27. Cornelia's Jewels

    3:34

  28. Androclus and the Lion

    4:16

  29. Horatius at the Bridge

    4:36

  30. Julius Caesar

    2:31

  31. The Sword of Damocles

    3:20

  32. Damon and Pythias

    3:06

  33. A Laconic Answer

    1:58

  34. The Ungrateful Guest

    2:21

  35. Alexander and Bucephalus

    2:46

  36. Diogenes the Wise Man

    2:24

  37. The Brave Three Hundred

    2:47

  38. Socrates and His House

    1:09

  39. The King and His Hawk

    5:08

  40. Doctor Goldsmith

    1:58

  41. The Kingdoms

    3:28

  42. The Barmecide Feast

    4:50

  43. The Endless Tale

    4:03

  44. The Blind Men and the Elephant

    2:40

  45. Maximilian and the Goose Boy

    5:15

  46. The Inchcape Rock

    4:05

  47. Whittington and His Cat

    14:58

  48. Casabianca

    3:38

  49. Antonio Canova

    5:47

  50. Picciola

    6:07

  51. Mignon

    5:51

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About this book

James Baldwin gathered fifty short tales from history, legend, and folklore in this reader, each one built around a single memorable moment. Children meet King Alfred letting the cakes burn, William Tell shooting the apple from his son's head, Bruce learning persistence from a spider, Damon and Pythias proving the meaning of a promise, and the courtier who dines beneath the sword of Damocles. The stories run only a page or two apiece, written in plain sentences that carry a clear point about honesty, bravery, or steadiness under pressure. For more than a century they were a staple of American schoolrooms, and they still work as bite-sized introductions to the anecdotes that shaped how the West talks about character. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available to read and download.

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James Baldwin

James Arthur Baldwin was an American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems. His 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain has been ranked by Time magazine as one of the top 100 English-language novels.

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Book facts

First published
1896
Reading time
About 2 hours
Pages
162
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Laura Caldwell