Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals, credited to Jefferys Taylor, 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 Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals by Jefferys Taylor. Read in English by NoelBadrian. Jefferys Taylor was born in 1792 in Suffolk, England. He became apprenticed to his father who was an engraver and invented a special ruling machine for engravers but went on to emulate his mother who was a children's writer. His books include favourites like Harry's Holliday or the Doings of One Who had Nothing to Do and The Little Historians. This book "Aesop in Rhyme" published in 1820, contains 58 of Aesop's Fables which he has retold in verse as well as 13 original fables of his own. Each is illustrated with an engraving which though uncredited he probably drew himself. He died in 1853. (Summary by Noel Badrian)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals
• Author credits: Jefferys Taylor
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 71
• Listed recording duration: 3:01:02

Catalogue topics

• children
• animals
• aesop
• fable
• Æsop's fables

Opening tracks: first 24 of 71

1. 01 - The Oak and the Reed — 2:34
2. 02 - The Fox and the Lion — 1:18
3. 03 - The Frogs — 3:22
4. 04 - The Solar Phenomenon — 3:16
5. 05 - The Compliant Farmer — 2:47
6. 06 - The Two Vessels — 1:27
7. 07 - The Bear and the Hermit — 2:13
8. 08 - The Clown praying to Hercules — 3:21
9. 09 - The Lion and the Ass — 1:51
10. 10 - The Dog invited to dinner — 3:17
11. 11 - The Eagle and the Crow — 1:24
12. 12 - The Mouse and the Weasel — 1:30
13. 13 - The Grapes are sour — 1:05
14. 14 - The Ass in the Lion's skin — 2:19
15. 15 - The Man who had travelled — 1:58
16. 16 - The Dog and the Wolf — 3:00
17. 17 - The Herdsman — 2:01
18. 18 - The Chameleon — 2:23
19. 19 - The Boys and the Frogs — 1:28
20. 20 - The Horse and the Ass — 1:49
21. 21 - Mercury and the Sculptor — 2:13
22. 22 - The Bull and the Gnat — 1:22
23. 23 - The Cock and the Jewel — 1:36
24. 24 - The Man and the Lion — 1:42

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