Fables for the Frivolous (Version 2)
Guy Wetmore Carryl
Play
Length 48 min
Chapters 20
First published 1898
Fables for the Frivolous is 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 Aesop-style 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. (from Wikipedia)
Chapters
1
THE AMBITIOUS FOX AND THE UNAPPROACHABLE GRAPES Read by Phil Chenevert 2:57
2
THE PERSEVERING TORTOISE AND THE PRETENTIOUS HARE Read by Phil Chenevert 2:41
3
THE PATRICIAN PEACOCKS AND THE OVERWEENING JAY Read by Phil Chenevert 2:42
4
THE ARROGANT FROG AND THE SUPERIOR BULL Read by Phil Chenevert 2:03
5
THE DOMINEERING EAGLE AND THE INVENTIVE BRATLING Read by Phil Chenevert 2:22
6
THE ICONOCLASTIC RUSTIC AND THE APROPOS ACORN Read by Phil Chenevert 2:20
7
THE UNUSUAL GOOSE AND THE IMBECILIC WOODCUTTER Read by Phil Chenevert 1:58
8
THE RUDE RAT AND THE UNOSTENTATIOUS OYSTER Read by Phil Chenevert 2:09
9
THE URBAN RAT AND THE SUBURBAN RAT Read by Phil Chenevert 2:46
10
THE IMPECUNIOUS CRICKET AND THE FRUGAL ANT Read by Phil Chenevert 1:53
11
THE PAMPERED LAPDOG AND THE MISGUIDED ASS Read by Phil Chenevert 2:13
12
THE VAINGLORIOUS OAK AND THE MODEST BULRUSH Read by Phil Chenevert 2:26
13
THE INHUMAN WOLF AND THE LAMB SANS GENE Read by Phil Chenevert 2:05
14
THE SYCOPHANTIC FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN Read by Phil Chenevert 2:31
15
THE MICROSCOPIC TROUT AND THE MACHIAVELIAN FISHERMAN Read by Phil Chenevert 2:32
16
THE CONFIDING PEASANT AND THE MALADROIT BEAR Read by Phil Chenevert 2:19
17
THE PRECIPITATE COCK AND THE UNAPPRECIATED PEARL Read by Phil Chenevert 2:19
18
THE ABBREVIATED FOX AND HIS SCEPTICAL COMRADES Read by Phil Chenevert 2:15
19
THE HOSPITABLE CALEDONIAN AND THE THANKLESS VIPER Read by Phil Chenevert 1:59
20
THE IMPETUOUS BREEZE AND THE DIPLOMATIC SUN Read by Phil Chenevert 3:09
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , the text (opens gutenberg.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
