Fables for the Frivolous (Version 2)


Read by Phil Chenevert

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Fables for the Frivolous is 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 Aesop-style 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. (from Wikipedia) (0 hr 47 min)

Chapters

THE AMBITIOUS FOX AND THE UNAPPROACHABLE GRAPES 2:57 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE PERSEVERING TORTOISE AND THE PRETENTIOUS HARE 2:41 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE PATRICIAN PEACOCKS AND THE OVERWEENING JAY 2:42 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE ARROGANT FROG AND THE SUPERIOR BULL 2:03 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE DOMINEERING EAGLE AND THE INVENTIVE BRATLING 2:22 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE ICONOCLASTIC RUSTIC AND THE APROPOS ACORN 2:20 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE UNUSUAL GOOSE AND THE IMBECILIC WOODCUTTER 1:58 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE RUDE RAT AND THE UNOSTENTATIOUS OYSTER 2:09 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE URBAN RAT AND THE SUBURBAN RAT 2:46 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE IMPECUNIOUS CRICKET AND THE FRUGAL ANT 1:53 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE PAMPERED LAPDOG AND THE MISGUIDED ASS 2:13 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE VAINGLORIOUS OAK AND THE MODEST BULRUSH 2:26 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE INHUMAN WOLF AND THE LAMB SANS GENE 2:05 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE SYCOPHANTIC FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN 2:31 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE MICROSCOPIC TROUT AND THE MACHIAVELIAN FISHERMAN 2:32 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE CONFIDING PEASANT AND THE MALADROIT BEAR 2:19 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE PRECIPITATE COCK AND THE UNAPPRECIATED PEARL 2:19 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE ABBREVIATED FOX AND HIS SCEPTICAL COMRADES 2:15 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE HOSPITABLE CALEDONIAN AND THE THANKLESS VIPER 1:59 Read by Phil Chenevert
THE IMPETUOUS BREEZE AND THE DIPLOMATIC SUN 3:09 Read by Phil Chenevert