Fables of Aesop and Others: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Fables of Aesop and Others, credited to Aesop; Thomas Bewick, 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 of Aesop and Others by Aesop; Thomas Bewick. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Jennifer Henry; Tara Elsen; KevinS; xgravity23; Rebecca Zimmerman; Lola Janie; NarratorJ; Jennifer Fournier; Michael Fassio; Farrah; M. Bradley Peters; Fadi Qutub; Chris Gray; nighthawks; Nemo; Wanda Wilkey; Kathryn Phipps; ChadH94; Kathleen Moore; Kennonward; Sarah Brown; Doris Rego; Seaquill; Maeve; Matthew Royal; Mark Henry; Hikki; Rachel Marie; Arthur Nascimento; Ellies; Dena Darvish Derakhshan; Christine Lehman; Thais Cruz; Emma Charlotte; Mark Dykshoorn; Sommer Ward; Claude Ramone Bernhard; Adrian Stephens; Justin Bresson; Tiny Clanger ; Raymond Cockle; Kudrna; Kessie; Richard Auty ; Tasniim The origins of these fables are perhaps lost in obscurity, but they are so closely identified with the Greek writer Aesop, that we may regard them as such. Most of these tales involve interactions among animals, and to each is appended a moral. This edition was edited and illustrated by Thomas Bewick a well-known British engraver and illustrator. The book begins with an excellent introduction - Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Fables of Aesop and Others
• Author credits: Aesop; Thomas Bewick
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 189
• Listed recording duration: 8:45:22

Catalogue topics

• fantasy
• Legend
• myth
• wisdom
• folktale
• parable

Opening tracks: first 24 of 189

1. 001 - Preface and Introduction — 21:39
2. 002 - The Two Crabs — 2:35
3. 003 - The Ape and her Young Ones — 2:17
4. 004 - The Boy and his Mother — 3:15
5. 005 - The Master and his Scholar — 3:05
6. 006 - Industry and Sloth — 3:01
7. 007 - The Young Man and the Swallow — 3:04
8. 008 - The Collier and the Fuller — 2:32
9. 009 - The Husbandman and his Sons — 2:51
10. 010 - The Proud Frog and the Ox — 2:00
11. 011 - The Stag looking into the Water — 3:01
12. 012 - The Leopard and the Fox — 2:30
13. 013 - The Peacock and the Crane — 2:24
14. 014 - The Two Pots — 1:52
15. 015 - The Mole and her Dam — 2:01
16. 016 - The Goat, the Kid, and the Wolf — 2:37
17. 017 - The Brother and Sister — 3:11
18. 018 - The Sheep Biter — 2:57
19. 019 - The Old Woman and her Maids — 2:09
20. 020 - Hercules and the Carter — 2:50
21. 021 - The Eagle, the Cat, and the Sow — 3:05
22. 022 - The Lark and her Young Ones — 2:46
23. 023 - The Young Men and the Cook — 2:31
24. 024 - The Mule — 3:53

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