Fables for the Frivolous
by Guy Wetmore Carryl
English
⏱ 52m
20 chapters
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About this audiobook
One of the earliest works by the American parodist, Guy Wetmore Carryl, these fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine’s original writings. The fables are written in verse, and are light-hearted re-tellings of fables from two centuries before, each ending with a moral and a pun. Among the more celebrated of the fables are The Persevering Tortoise and the Pretentious Hare, The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull, and The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven. (Summary written by Chriss)
Chapters
1
The Arrogant Fox and the Unapproachable Grapes
2m
2
The Persevering Tortoise and the Pretentious Hare
2m
3
The Patrician Peacocks and the Overweening Jay
2m
4
The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull
2m
5
The Domineering Eagle and the Inventive Bratling
2m
6
The Iconoclastic Rustic and the Apropos Acorn
2m
7
The Unusual Goose and the Imbecilic Woodcutter
2m
8
The Rude Rat and the Unostentatious Oyster
2m
9
The Urban Rat and the Suburban Rat
2m
10
The Impecunious Grasshopper and the Frugal Ant
2m
11
The Pampered Lapdog and the Misguided Ass
2m
12
The Vainglorious Oak and the Modest Bullrush
2m
13
The Inhuman Wolf and the Lamb Sans Gene
2m
14
The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven
2m
15
The Microscopic Trout and the Machiavellian Fisherman
3m
16
The Confiding Peasant and the Maladroit Bear
2m
17
The Precipitate Cock and the Unappreciated Pearl
1m
18
The Abbreviated Fox and His Sceptical Comrades
2m
19
The Hospitable Caledonian and the Thankless Viper
2m
20
The Impetuous Breeze and the Diplomatic Sun
4m