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About this audiobook
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.
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Rating★★★★ 3.6 (31)
Includes Goodreads
GenreHumor
Length47 mins
Narrated byEdward Miller
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateDec 15, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 - Fables for the Frivolous
2Chapter 2 - Fables for the Frivolous
3Chapter 3 - Fables for the Frivolous
4Chapter 4 - Fables for the Frivolous
5Chapter 5 - Fables for the Frivolous
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6Chapter 6 - Fables for the Frivolous
7Chapter 7 - Fables for the Frivolous
8Chapter 8 - Fables for the Frivolous
9Chapter 9 - Fables for the Frivolous
10Chapter 10 - Fables for the Frivolous
11Chapter 11 - Fables for the Frivolous
12Chapter 12 - Fables for the Frivolous
13Chapter 13 - Fables for the Frivolous
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