# Fifty-one Tales (version 2)

An audiobook by Lord Dunsany, read by LibriVox volunteers (2 h 16 min, English).

A multitude of very short stories populated with things that lurk in the dark corners of human imagination. Wonderfully crafted and sometimes ending with an unexpected outcome, these stories are well rooted in mythology and speak of things beyond the thin veil of reality. - Summary by Rosslyn Carlyle

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## Chapters

1. The assignation. Charon. The death of Pan (6:56): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_01_dunsany_64kb.mp3
2. The sphinx at Giza. The hen. Wind and fog (9:22): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_02_dunsany_64kb.mp3
3. The raft-builders. The workman. The guest (8:55): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_03_dunsany_64kb.mp3
4. Death and Odysseus. Death and the orange. The prayer of the flower (5:53): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_04_dunsany_64kb.mp3
5. Time and the tradesman. The little city. The unpasturable fields (5:48): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_05_dunsany_64kb.mp3
6. The worm and the angel. The songless country. The latest thing (5:40): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_06_dunsany_64kb.mp3
7. The demagogue and the demi-monde. The giant poppy. Roses (5:01): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_07_dunsany_64kb.mp3
8. A mistaken identity. The true history of the hare and the tortoise. Alone the immortals (10:44): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_08_dunsany_64kb.mp3
9. A moral little tale. The return of song. Spring In town (10:23): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_09_dunsany_64kb.mp3
10. How the enemy came to Thlunrana. A losing game. Taking up Picadilly (9:06): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_10_dunsany_64kb.mp3
11. The man with the golden ear-rings. The dream of King Karna-Vootra. The storm (9:34): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_11_dunsany_64kb.mp3
12. After the fire. The city. The food of Death (4:42): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_12_dunsany_64kb.mp3
13. The lonely idol. The sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts). The reward (8:07): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_13_dunsany_64kb.mp3
14. The trouble in Leafy Green Street. The mist. Furrow-maker (7:03): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_14_dunsany_64kb.mp3
15. Lobster salad. The return of the exiles. Nature and time (11:24): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_15_dunsany_64kb.mp3
16. The song of the blackbird. The messengers. The three tall sons (11:22): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_16_dunsany_64kb.mp3
17. Compromise. What we have come to. The tomb of Pan (5:35): https://archive.org/download/fiftyonetales_1505_librivox/fiftyonetales_17_dunsany_64kb.mp3