Free audiobooks: 107 narrated short stories

Every story on this page can be listened to as well as read: 107 narrated short stories by The Brothers Grimm, James Baldwin, Kate Chopin and 32 other classic authors. All are public domain and free. There is no account to create and no subscription, and the text stays readable offline in the Legi app.

The Brothers Grimm

• Ashputtel 13 min read
• Briar Rose 8 min read
• Cat and Mouse in Partnership 5 min read
• Cat Skin 11 min read
• Clever Elsie 7 min read
• Clever Gretel 5 min read
• Clever Hans 4 min read
• Doctor Knowall 4 min read
• Frederick and Catherine 10 min read
• Fundevogel 5 min read
• Hans in Luck 12 min read
• Hansel and Gretel 15 min read
• Iron Hans 16 min read
• Jorinda and Jorindel 6 min read
• King Grisly Beard 7 min read
• Lily and the Lion 12 min read
• Little Red Cap [little Red Riding Hood] 7 min read
• Mother Holle 6 min read
• Old Sultan 4 min read
• Rapunzel 7 min read
• Rumpelstiltskin 6 min read
• Snow White and Rose Red 7 min read
• Snowdrop 12 min read
• Sweetheart Roland 7 min read
• The Blue Light 9 min read
• The Dog and the Sparrow 7 min read
• The Elves and the Shoemaker 4 min read
• The Fisherman and His Wife 11 min read
• The Four Clever Brothers 8 min read
• The Fox and the Cat 1 min read
• The Fox and the Horse 2 min read
• The Frog Prince 6 min read
• The Golden Bird 13 min read
• The Golden Goose 8 min read
• The Goose Girl 11 min read
• The Juniper Tree 15 min read
• The King of the Golden Mountain 12 min read
• The Little Peasant 10 min read
• The Miser in the Bush 6 min read
• The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage 4 min read
• The Old Man and His Grandson 1 min read
• The Pink 9 min read
• The Queen Bee 4 min read
• The Raven 12 min read
• The Robber Bridegroom 7 min read
• The Salad 11 min read
• The Seven Ravens 5 min read
• The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was 19 min read
• The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean 3 min read
• The Three Languages 5 min read
• The Travelling Musicians 7 min read
• The Turnip 6 min read
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses 8 min read
• The Twelve Huntsmen 5 min read
• The Valiant Little Tailor 17 min read
• The Water of Life 14 min read
• The Wedding of Mrs Fox 4 min read
• The White Snake 8 min read
• The Willow Wren and the Bear 5 min read
• The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids 5 min read
• Tom Thumb 13 min read

James Baldwin

• Androclus and the Lion 3 min read
• Bruce and the Spider 2 min read
• The Blind Men and the Elephant 2 min read
• The King and His Hawk 4 min read

Kate Chopin

• A Reflection 1 min read
• An Idle Fellow 2 min read
• The Night Came Slowly 1 min read

Mark Twain

• A Fable 4 min read
• A Monument to Adam 4 min read
• The Five Boons of Life 4 min read

Benjamin Franklin

• The Morals of Chess 7 min read
• The Whistle 4 min read

Guy de Maupassant

• Abandoned 27 min read
• An Uncomfortable Bed 5 min read

Hans Christian Andersen

• The Shirt Collar 5 min read
• The Wicked Prince 5 min read

O. Henry

• Lord Oakhurst's Curse 5 min read
• The Prisoner of Zembla 3 min read

Oscar Wilde

• The Disciple 1 min read
• The Doer of Good 2 min read

A. Cheneviere

• Tonton 10 min read

Alain Rene le Sage

• Gil Blas and Dr. Sangrado 17 min read

Alexandre Dumas

• Solange—dr. Ledru’s Story of the Reign of Terror 25 min read

Alphonse Daudet

• The Last Lesson 8 min read

Ambrose Bierce

• The Dog and the Bees 1 min read

Anton Chekhov

• A Country Cottage 3 min read

Catulle Mendes

• The Mirror 7 min read

Clemence Robert

• Baron De Trenck 28 min read

Confucius

• A Story from Confucius 2 min read

Erckmann Chatrian

• A Forest Betrothal 20 min read

Eugene Francois Vidocq

• Jean Monette 13 min read

Francois Coppee

• A Piece of Bread 12 min read

Franz Kafka

• An Imperial Message 2 min read

Henry Murger

• The Passage of the Red Sea 11 min read

Henry van Dyke

• Keeping Christmas 2 min read

Honore de Balzac

• The Elixir of Life 39 min read

Jean Aicard

• The Vase of Clay 9 min read

Leo Tolstoy

• Work, Death and Sickness 4 min read

Ludovic Halevy

• My Nephew Joseph 19 min read

Marcel Prevost

• The Woman and the Cat 17 min read

Matsuo Basho

• The Aged Mother 4 min read

Paul Bourget

• The Age for Love 28 min read

Philip K. Dick

• The Eyes Have It 5 min read

Prosper Merimee

• Mateo Falcone 22 min read

Rene Bazin

• The Birds in the Letter Box 11 min read

Victor Hugo

• A Fight with a Cannon 18 min read