"The Herons of Elmwood" is a lyric poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

The Herons of Elmwood

This lyrical poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson tells the story of Elaine of Astolat, a noblewoman living in a tower near Camelot.

The Lady of Shalott

A poem to help you relax and transport you to faraway places...

Flight of Fancy - Poem

Imagine a visually serene November evening with this poem by L.M. Montgomery, and revel in the delightful descriptions of nature.

November Evening

The Highwayman" is a romantic ballad and narrative poem written by Alfred Noyes.

The Highwayman

"The Man from Snowy River" is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson. It serves as an example of “Bush Ballad,” a style of poetry that depicts the life, character, and scenery of the Australian bush.

The Man from Snowy River

This poem by William Wordsworth is about memory and communion with natural beauty.

Tintern Abbey

This folk tale recounts the adventures of a prince and his magical black horse.

The Magician's Horse

An old chest that has collected dust in a garret for many years holds a forgotten story in this tale by L.M. Montgomery.

The Old Chest At Wyther Grange

A king and queen had two sons and a daughter, Rosetta. A fairy told the king and queen that Rosetta might cause great misfortune to her brothers, and even their deaths. The king and queen consulted with a hermit, who advised them to lock Rosetta in a tower. They did so, but one day they died, and their sons instantly freed her from it. Rosetta marveled at everything, but in particular, at a peacock.

Princess Rosetta

A beggar discovers a secret treasure hidden under sacred stones in a Breton village.

The Stones Of Plouvinec

A brief encounter in a pine valley or a photograph? Which is to be trusted? A short story by L.M. Montgomery.

The Girl And The Photograph

A peasant had remarried, and he and his new wife quarreled, and she abused her stepdaughter Elsa. One day, the children were gathering strawberries when a boy realized they had wandered into Tontlawald; the rest ran off, but Elsa did not think the woods could be worse than her stepmother. She met a maiden dressed in silk who asked her to stay and be her friend...

A Tale Of The Tontlawald

This charming story by Edna Groff Deihl is about two kittens who find a home with a young girl. Being from a farm, they don't know how to behave and need the girl to work with them to learn how to be good cats.

My Twin Kitties

This is the story of Matilda and her magic ball that can make her invisible and grant three wishes.

The Four Wishes

This is the story of a gardener’s son who falls in love with a princess, but the king desires to marry her off to his prime minister’s son. He sends the two men on a journey, and on the way, the gardener’s son helps an old beggar woman who tells him how to save a sick Sultan. Through this, the Sultan gifts him a wish-granting bronze ring.

The Bronze Ring

This fairy tale by Katharine Pyle tells of a poor man who has a dream that could lead to a change in his fortune.

The Dreamer

An independent woman with her own farm has repeatedly declined the proposals of her neighbor until circumstances arise and she begins to wonder... perhaps what she saw as duty was love after all?

Akin to Love

"When Lawrence Eastman began going to see Bessy Houghton the Lynnfield people shrugged their shoulders and said he might have picked out somebody a little younger and prettier–but then, of course, Bessy was well off. A two-hundred-acre farm and a substantial bank account were worth going in for." A short story by L.M. Montgomery.

The Wooing Of Bessy

“A Pair of Silk Stockings” is a short story by Kate Chopin about a married woman fallen on hard times who receives an unexpected windfall.

A Pair Of Silk Stockings

Enjoy this read of L.M. Montgomery's work with her characteristic enchanting descriptions and a sweet story of a woman who befriends an orphan with a vivid imagination and a love of the sea.

A Soul That Was Not At Home

This short story from "The Scottish Fairy Book" involves a seal catcher's encounter with a merman.

The Seal Catcher and the Merman

Virgilius uses magical powers to defeat corruption. One of his spells was to make an army immobile, turn men to stone, or create a river out of nowhere. He invents and animates a horse, rider, and dogs out of copper. Virgilius finds true love at long last and creates the city of Naples for her.

Virgilius The Sorcerer

A woman has long harbored the feeling that her life and love were wasted, believing her lover had abandoned her decades previously. But her final chapter was yet to be written...

The Finished Story

An excerpt from the Victorian novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Jane has just returned to Thornfield to see Mr. Rochester again.

An Excerpt from Jane Eyre

A fairy tale from Andrew Lang's "The Lilac Fairy Book" about three princes, three princesses, three crowns, two giants, and some magical adventures.

The Three Crowns

A Highland Laird, presenting himself as a poor man's son, courts Lizzie Lindsay in Edinburgh. Lizzie, with some misgivings, follows him to the Highlands.

Lizzie Lindsay

This story from the author of Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery, is about the rekindling of an old romance.

The Romance of Jedediah

This is a traditional Japanese fable telling of a kind old man, his cross wife, and an injured sparrow.

The Tongue-Cut Sparrow

This Norwegian fairy tale recounts a story about a mill that grinds at the bottom of the sea and how it got there.

Why The Sea Is Salt

''The Last Leaf'' by O. Henry takes place in the late 1800s in Greenwich Village and describes the friendship of two artists named Sue and Johnsy and a great sacrifice.

The Last Leaf

This Japanese fairy tale centers on a man who seeks an elixir of life. A spiritual guide directs him to the island of Perpetual Life where he lives for a while but eventually realizes that he should forego the desire to escape death.

The Man Who Did Not Wish To Die

Holly Hall

Storyteller & Narrator

AFGHANISTAN

ALAND ISLANDS

ALBANIA

ALGERIA

AMERICAN SAMOA

ANDORRA

ANGOLA

ANGUILLA

ANTARCTICA

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ARGENTINA

ARMENIA

ARUBA

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRIA

AZERBAIJAN

BAHAMAS

BAHRAIN

BANGLADESH

BARBADOS

BELARUS

BELGIUM

BELIZE

BENIN

BERMUDA

BHUTAN

BOLIVIA

BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BOTSWANA

BOUVET ISLAND

BRAZIL

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

BULGARIA

BURKINA FASO

BURUNDI

CAMBODIA

CAMEROON

CANADA

CAPE VERDE

CAYMAN ISLANDS

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CHAD

CHILE

CHINA

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

COLOMBIA

COMOROS

CONGO

CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

COOK ISLANDS

COSTA RICA

COTE D'IVOIRE

CROATIA

CUBA

CURACAO

CYPRUS

CZECHIA

DENMARK

DJIBOUTI

DOMINICA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ECUADOR

EGYPT

EL SALVADOR

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ERITREA

ESTONIA

ETHIOPIA

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)

FAROE ISLANDS

FIJI

FINLAND

FRANCE

FRENCH GUIANA

FRENCH POLYNESIA

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES

GABON

GAMBIA

GEORGIA

GERMANY

GHANA

GIBRALTAR

GREECE

GREENLAND

GRENADA

GUADELOUPE

GUAM

GUATEMALA

GUERNSEY

GUINEA

GUINEA-BISSAU

GUYANA

HAITI

HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)

HONDURAS

HONG KONG

This short story by L.M. Montgomery tells of a long absence, a lost love, and what can be found in returning home to the "old valley."

In the Old Valley

In a selection from this 1914 book, Colonel Newnham-Davis defines "English Fare" and discusses Simpson's in the Strand, which opened as a smoking room in 1828 and achieved fame for its traditional English food around 1850.

The Gourmet's Guide To London

In this Andrew Lang fairy tale, a boy sells his mother's horse for a gun, a dog, and a falcon. When he returns home, he gets punished. So, he decides to run away and one day he meets a magical creature — a deer who turns into a woman.

The Enchanted Deer

In this story from Turkey, a black crow helps Hassan make his fortune.

The Crow Peri

In this O. Henry story, two young store clerks have been saving money to buy new dresses for the annual Thanksgiving dinner given by their employer. Both are hoping to catch the eye of one gentleman at the party. But, the need for rent money causes things to turn out much differently than either girl could have imagined.

The Purple Dress

This tale of a coin's travels in Guernsey highlights the power of kindness and a willing heart.

Adventures Of A Sixpence In Guernsey

This Scottish fairy tale begins with a battle between all creatures, with the winner to be named 'The King Of All Animals'. But a young prince decides to interfere in the final battle between the raven and the snake. After assisting the Raven to victory, the bird then gives a bundle to the prince as a gift. But the prince does not follow the instructions provided for opening the bundle...

The Battle Of The Birds

This story is based on an old Scottish ballad. The story revolves around the rescue of Tamlane by his true love from the Queen of the Fairies.

Tamlane

Nora Shelley, a Prince Edward Island fisherman’s daughter, is adopted by a rich family who wants to give her a chance at a "better life." She stays with them for a year until the call of home and the sea becomes overwhelming.