Valentine’s Day Stories | Celebrating Holidays
Daniel Hoffman
Updated on June 18, 2026
Valentine’s Day Stories
I hope you enjoy these classic stories about love that are perfect for Valentine’s Day (or any other time of the year). Selections include fairy tales, Greek mythology, medieval romance, and more. These stories are all great for reading aloud, and most of them have free audio available!
Note that the reading time and audio time may vary when the audio is a retelling or dramatization of the original text.
BIBLE PASSAGE
 | Genre: Bible Passage, 1st century Reading Time: Approx. 2min AUDIO AVAILABLE: 2 min (Audio Bible) | ||
FAIRY TALE LOVE STORIES
 | Author: Charles Perrault Genre: European Fairy Tale Reading Time: Approx. 19 min AUDIO AVAILABLE: 19 min (StoryNory) | ||
 | Author: Charles Perrault Genre: European Fairy Tale Reading Time: Approx. 32 min AUDIO AVAILABLE: 32 min (StoryNory) | ||
GRECO-ROMAN MYTHOLOGY
 | Author: Lucius Apuleius, 125-180 AD Genre: Greco-Roman Mythology, 2nd century Reading Time: Approx. 1 hour AUDIO AVAILABLE: 25 min (Listen to Genius) | ||
MEDIEVAL ROMANCE (Knights of King Arthur)
 | Author: Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867) Genre: Arthurian Legend, 6th Century Reading Time: Approx. 10 min AUDIO AVAILABLE: 10 min (Librivox) | ||
 | Author: Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867) Genre: Arthurian Legend, 6th Century Reading Time: Approx. 8 min AUDIO AVAILABLE: 8 min (Librivox) | ||
 | Author: Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867) Genre: Arthurian Legend, 6th Century Reading Time: Approx. 1 hour AUDIO AVAILABLE: 1 hour, 8 min (Librivox) | ||
MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
 | Author: Geoffrey Chaucer, 1343-1400 AD Genre: Medieval Romance, 14th century Reading Time: Approx. 1 hour 15 min AUDIO AVAILABLE: 47 min (Storynory) | ||
 | Author: Chretien de Troyes, 12th century Genre: Medieval Romance, 12th century Reading Time: Approx. 3 hours AUDIO AVAILABLE: 1 hr 10 min (Storynory) | ||
 | Genre: Medieval Romance, 13th century Reading Time: Approx. 45 min | ||
RENAISSANCE ROMANCE (Shakespeare)
 | Author: Shakespeare (1564-1616) Genre: Romance, 16th Century Reading Time: Approx. 30 min AUDIO AVAILABLE: 30 min (Librivox) | ||
 | Author: Shakespeare (1564-1616) Genre: Romantic Comedy, 16th Century Reading Time: Approx. 24 min AUDIO AVAILABLE: 24 min (Librivox) | ||
 | Author: Shakespeare (1564-1616) Genre: Romantic Tragedy, 16th Century Reading Time: Approx. 33 min AUDIO AVAILABLE: 33 min (Librivox) | ||
MODERN
 | Author: Mark Twain, 1835-1910 Genre: Comedy/Romance, 19th century Reading Time: Approx. 1 hour | ||
 | Author: H.G. Wells (1866-1946) Genre: Romantic Comedy/Tragedy, 20th Century Reading Time: Approx. 35 min | ||
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