Copsetale Stories to listen to.

Wishlist

Which fairy tale should we record next? We have already checked every title on this list: they are in the public domain, in Germany and in the USA.

Already recorded

You can already listen to these, unabridged and for free.

  • Mother Holle

    Listen now Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt 10 min

    A girl jumps into the well after her shuttle and comes to Mother Holle. When she shakes the feather bed so that the feathers fly, it snows down on earth.

  • The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids

    Listen now Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt 10 min

    The wolf eats chalk to make his voice soft and has flour strewn on his paw. Will the kids open the door?

  • Rumpelstiltskin

    Listen now Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt 10 min

    The miller's daughter is to spin straw into gold, and a little man helps her. But he wants a high price, unless she guesses his name.

  • The Frog-King, or Iron Henry

    Listen now Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt 12 min

    The golden ball, the frog in the well and a promise the princess would rather not have made.

For the whole family

Fairy tales to listen to, to fall asleep to and for long car journeys.

  • The Bremen Town-Musicians

    In the making Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt († 1859 to 1912) published 1884 public domain

    Four old animals nobody wants any more set out to make music in Bremen, and only get as far as the robbers' house in the forest.

  • Hansel and Grethel

    Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt († 1859 to 1912) published 1884 public domain

    Two children lost in the forest find a little house made of bread and cake. But who lives in it?

  • Little Red-Cap

    Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt († 1859 to 1912) published 1884 public domain

    On her way to her grandmother, Little Red-Cap meets the wolf, and he has a plan.

  • Little Snow-white

    Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt († 1859 to 1912) published 1884 public domain

    "Looking-glass, looking-glass, on the wall": the queen's mirror tells her who is fairest, and it is not her any more.

  • The Golden Goose

    Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt († 1859 to 1912) published 1884 public domain

    Whoever touches the golden goose sticks fast to it, and soon a whole procession follows Dummling to the king's daughter who has never laughed.

  • The Happy Prince

    Oscar Wilde († 1900) published 1888 public domain

    A golden statue high above the city and a little swallow who stays with him to give his gold away.

For older listeners

Ghost stories and classics for young people and adults. They will come later in a series of their own.

  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    Washington Irving († 1859) published 1820 public domain

    The schoolmaster Ichabod Crane rides home through the dark valley, and behind him gallops the Headless Horseman.

  • The Canterville Ghost

    Oscar Wilde († 1900) published 1887 public domain

    An American family buys an English castle with its ghost, and the ghost has a hard time with them.

  • A Christmas Carol

    Charles Dickens († 1870) published 1843 public domain

    Three spirits visit the miser Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve.

  • The Signal-Man

    Charles Dickens († 1870) published 1866 public domain

    A railway signalman by a lonely tunnel keeps seeing a figure that warns him of a disaster.

  • The Monkey's Paw

    W. W. Jacobs († 1943) published 1902 public domain

    A dried paw that grants three wishes, and every wish comes true in the worst way.

  • The Tell-Tale Heart

    Edgar Allan Poe († 1849) published 1843 public domain

    A man insists he is not mad, while beneath the floorboards a heart keeps beating.

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Which titles go on the wishlist

Only texts that are free everywhere: everyone who wrote, translated or illustrated them died more than 70 years ago (in 1955 at the latest), and the text was published before 1931. That way we may share the stories worldwide.