Fables in Slang: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Fables in Slang, credited to George Ade, 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 in Slang, by George Ade. Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012). While a columnist for The Chicago Record humorist George Ade penned numerous “fables” which were subsequently collected into books. Fables in Slang is the first of these collections. It contains 26 satirical stories that lampoon phrenologists, idealists, snobs, fanatics and other ignorant fools of the day, most of which still wander through our modern lives. Jean Shepherd considered Ade a predecessor who made writers like James Thurber, Mike Royko, and himself possible. Fables in Slang was first published in 1899 by Herbert S. Stone and Company. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Fables in Slang
• Author credits: George Ade
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 2
• Listed recording duration: 1:43:19

Catalogue topics

• ade
• fable
• humor
• comedy

Track guide

1. 1 - Fables in Slang — 53:19
2. 2 - Fables in Slang — 50:02

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