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Vibhin tilasmi, romanchkaari aur rahasyami kahaniyon ka sangreh.

Vibhin tilasmi, romanchkaari aur rahasyami kahaniyon ka sangreh.

The rats were bad in Hamlintown, but so were the elected officials. Can the Piper rid the town of all of them? He will sure try.

This is a Bolivian folk tale about Patchikamek, the king of the world, and how the Condor became king of the birds.

The Epic of Beowulf dates back to CE 1000 and is considered the oldest surviving piece of work in English literature. Although written in Britain, the story of Beowulf is set in Scandinavia. The epic poem is composed in Old English and consists of 3,182 lines. It is written in the alliterative verse style, which is common for Old English poetry. The poem is about the legendary hero, Beowulf, a nobleman of the Geats. They were a North Germanic people inhabiting modern-day Gotaland in Southern Sweden.

Preocupado por su sucesión, un rey pide a sus tres hijos que lancen una flecha, cada uno en una dirección diferente, y que se casen con quienes las recojan. Las dos primeras son recogidas por mujeres; pero la flecha del más joven cae en una ciénaga, por lo que tiene que casarse con una rana. La rana resulta ser, en realidad, una joven maga, llamada Vasilisa, la muy sabia que había sido víctima de un maleficio, pero que, finalmente, recupera su aspecto humano.

This anonymously penned version of a late 18th-century story tells of the life of Margery Meanwell, a poor orphan who flourishes through the kindness of loving benefactors and her own sterling character. Despite enduring a series of trials and misfortunes, she exemplifies a virtuous and wholesome life through her kind deeds to people and animals. A classic moral fairy tale.

Three of the most popular stories from ancient Persia come to life in one action-packed, magical audiobook. The story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is about two brothers, one who marries a rich woman out of greed, and the other marries a poor woman out of love. The story gets its name from when the brothers are faced with 40 thieves who try to take their treasure.

La vida de un picaro espanol. La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades es el titulo completo de la novela anonima que al ser publicada en 1554, creo todo un genero, el de la novela picaresca. Es un relato agil, hecho en primera persona por el protagonista, nacido a la orilla de Tormes, el rio que pasa por Salamanca, y que desde su primera infancia lleva una penosa existencia de vagabundeo y de servidumbre, en especial para un ciego, del cual toma el apodo de lazarillo.

The epic poem Beowulf has enthralled readers for centuries with its tale of adventure, heroism, and glory in combat. The court of Hrothgar, good king of the Danes, has fallen under attack from the vile giant Grendel. Beowulf, a young hero of the Geats, comes with his band of dauntless warriors to aid the king and prove his might in combat and skill as a leader before ascending the throne of his own land.

Along with "Rumpelstiltskin", included in this collection are the stories "Tattercoats" and "Beauty and the Beast".

Although still today the author of this novel is unknown, it is not doubt that is one of the most popular and famous Spanish books. The adventures of a young man, Lazaro, who serves different masters and the situations he is involve with them. The master work of the Spanish "picaresca".