Cobwebs from an Empty Skull: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Cobwebs from an Empty Skull, credited to Ambrose Bierce, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Ambrose Bierce. Read in English by Librivox Volunteers. Ambrose Bierce's collection of short parables, published under the pen name of Dod Grile, is similar to Aesop's Fables. This compilation is comprised of "Fables of Zambri, the Parsee," "Brief Seasons of Intellectual Dissipation" and the "Divers Tales," all of which were first serialized in the magazine "FUN." A great read for any lover of short stories or poetry with faraway lands, talking animals and supernatural occurrences! Summary by Mary Kay.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
• Author credits: Ambrose Bierce
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 58
• Listed recording duration: 6:03:57

Catalogue topics

• animals
• collection
• short stories
• fables
• lessons
• tales
• morals
• Knights

Opening tracks: first 24 of 58

1. 00 - Preface — 2:06
2. 01 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 1-5 — 5:20
3. 02 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 6-10 — 5:21
4. 03 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 11-16 — 6:28
5. 04 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 17-22 — 6:01
6. 05 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 23-27 — 4:51
7. 06 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 28-32 — 5:42
8. 07 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 33-37 — 4:48
9. 08 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 38-42 — 4:51
10. 09 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 43-47 — 4:18
11. 10 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 48-52 — 5:12
12. 11 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 53-57 — 7:23
13. 12 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 58-62 — 8:27
14. 13 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 63-67 — 7:03
15. 14 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 68-72 — 8:33
16. 15 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 73-77 — 5:57
17. 16 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 78-82 — 5:20
18. 17 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 83-87 — 5:18
19. 18 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 88-92 — 4:39
20. 19 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 93-97 — 5:47
21. 20 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 98-102 — 5:32
22. 21 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 103-107 — 4:19
23. 22 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 108-112 — 5:21
24. 23 - Fables of Zambri, the Parsee: Fables 113-117 — 6:30

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