Fables and Selected Stories by James ThurberJames Thurber
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Length3h 2m
About this audiobook
Collected fables and short stories from literary legend and iconic American humorist James Thurber, performed by Keith Olbermann
"James Thurber was a comedic genius. His fables are not simply parodies of Aesop. They are wry, accurate, and powerful reflections of ourselves, our foibles, our follies, and, above all, our self-importance. And they are very, very funny." — Neil Gaiman
Stories in the collection include:
There’s No Place Like Home
The Bear Who Let It Alone
The Greatest Man in the World
The Night the Ghost Got In
I Went to Sullivant
The Unicorn in the Garden
How to Relax While Broadcasting
The Tortoise and the Hare
A Box to Hide In
The Owl Who Was God
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox
The Moth and the Star
The Dog That Bit People
The Topaz Cufflinks Mystery
The Little Girl and the Wolf
The Macbeth Murder Mystery
The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble
The Night the Bed Fell
Sex Ex Machina
The Scotty Who Knew Too Much
The Car We Had to Push
The Peacelike Mongoose
James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894. Famous for his humorous writings and illustrations, he was a staff member of The New Yorker for more than thirty years. He died in 1961.View all by James Thurber
