Length6h 5m
About this audiobook
The moral stories are at their best told by Ambrose Bierce in his book Cobwebs from an Empty Skull. The book is divided into three sections: "Fables of Zambri, the Parsee," an assortment of over 100 fables; "Brief Seasons of Intellectual Dissipation," discussions between a fool and a philosopher, a doctor and a soldier, respectively; and "Divers Tales," 28 different stories of an eclectic nature, including The Grateful Bear, Dr. Deadwood, I Presume, Mrs. Dennison's Head, and Jim Beckwourth's Pond. (Goodreads)
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GenreHumor, General Fiction
Length6 hrs 5 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 8, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE.
19NO CHARGE FOR ATTENDANCE.
2FABLES OF ZAMBRI, THE PARSEE.
20PERNICKETTY'S FRIGHT.
3BRIEF SEASONS OF INTELLECTUAL DISSIPATION.
21JUNIPER.
4I.
22FOLLOWING THE SEA.
5II.
23A TALE OF SPANISH VENGEANCE.
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6III.
24MRS. DENNISON'S HEAD.
7DIVERS TALES.
25A FOWL WITCH.
8THE GRATEFUL BEAR.
26THE CIVIL SERVICE IN FLORIDA.
9THE SETTING SACHEM.
27A TALE OF THE BOSPHORUS.
10FEODORA.
28JOHN SMITH.
11THE LEGEND OF IMMORTAL TRUTH.
29SUNDERED HEARTS.
12CONVERTING A PRODIGAL.
30THE EARLY HISTORY OF BATH.
13FOUR JACKS AND A KNAVE.
31THE FOLLOWING DORG.
14DR. DEADWOOD, I PRESUME.
32SNAKING.
15NUT-CRACKING.
33MAUD'S PAPA.
16THE MAGICIAN'S LITTLE JOKE.
34JIM BECKWOURTH'S POND.
17SEAFARING.
35STRINGING A BEAR.
18TONY ROLLO'S CONCLUSION.
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