Fables for the Frivolous: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Fables for the Frivolous, credited to Guy Wetmore Carryl, 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 Fables for the Frivolous by Guy Wetmore Carryl. 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)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Fables for the Frivolous
• Author credits: Guy Wetmore Carryl
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 52:21

Catalogue topics

• fables
• animals

Track guide

1. The Arrogant Fox and the Unapproachable Grapes — 2:36
2. The Persevering Tortoise and the Pretentious Hare — 2:23
3. The Patrician Peacocks and the Overweening Jay — 2:44
4. The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull — 2:08
5. The Domineering Eagle and the Inventive Bratling — 2:41
6. The Iconoclastic Rustic and the Apropos Acorn — 2:43
7. The Unusual Goose and the Imbecilic Woodcutter — 2:11
8. The Rude Rat and the Unostentatious Oyster — 2:38
9. The Urban Rat and the Suburban Rat — 2:12
10. The Impecunious Grasshopper and the Frugal Ant — 2:32
11. The Pampered Lapdog and the Misguided Ass — 2:24
12. The Vainglorious Oak and the Modest Bullrush — 2:37
13. The Inhuman Wolf and the Lamb Sans Gene — 2:36
14. The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven — 2:51
15. The Microscopic Trout and the Machiavellian Fisherman — 3:30
16. The Confiding Peasant and the Maladroit Bear — 2:40
17. The Precipitate Cock and the Unappreciated Pearl — 1:55
18. The Abbreviated Fox and His Sceptical Comrades — 2:25
19. The Hospitable Caledonian and the Thankless Viper — 2:23
20. The Impetuous Breeze and the Diplomatic Sun — 4:25

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