Fifty Famous Stories Retold
- First published
- 1896
- Pages
- 162
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Concerning These Stories
3:08 -
King Alfred and the Cakes
3:35 -
King Alfred and the Beggar
3:49 -
King Canute on the Seashore
3:08 -
The Sons of William the Conqueror
5:24 -
The White Ship
5:15 -
King John and the Abbot
7:24 -
A Story of Robin Hood
5:57 -
Bruce and the Spider
2:36 -
The Black Douglas
3:59 -
Three Men of Gotham
2:22 -
Other Wise Men of Gotham
5:27 -
The Miller of the Dee
2:38 -
Sir Philip Sidney
2:12 -
The Ungrateful Soldier
2:17 -
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
1:56 -
Sir Walter Raleigh
4:38 -
Pocahontas
2:12 -
George Washington and His Hatchet
1:50 -
Grace Darling
3:39 -
The Story of William Tell
3:03 -
Arnold Winklereid
3:20 -
The Bell of Atri
7:41 -
How Napoleon Crossed the Alps
1:47 -
The Story of Cincinnatus
5:58 -
The Story of Regulus
4:06 -
Cornelia's Jewels
3:34 -
Androclus and the Lion
4:16 -
Horatius at the Bridge
4:36 -
Julius Caesar
2:31 -
The Sword of Damocles
3:20 -
Damon and Pythias
3:06 -
A Laconic Answer
1:58 -
The Ungrateful Guest
2:21 -
Alexander and Bucephalus
2:46 -
Diogenes the Wise Man
2:24 -
The Brave Three Hundred
2:47 -
Socrates and His House
1:09 -
The King and His Hawk
5:08 -
Doctor Goldsmith
1:58 -
The Kingdoms
3:28 -
The Barmecide Feast
4:50 -
The Endless Tale
4:03 -
The Blind Men and the Elephant
2:40 -
Maximilian and the Goose Boy
5:15 -
The Inchcape Rock
4:05 -
Whittington and His Cat
14:58 -
Casabianca
3:38 -
Antonio Canova
5:47 -
Picciola
6:07 -
Mignon
5:51
Fifty Famous Stories Retold (1896) is a public domain work.
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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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Book facts
- Author
- James Baldwin
- First published
- 1896
- Reading time
- About 2 hours
- Pages
- 162
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
- Audio read by
- Laura Caldwell