Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories
By James Baldwin
Length3h 29m
About this audiobook
Fifty Famous People is comprised of short stories about people, some more famous than others. The stories cannot be strictly called biographical but there is truth in each of them. Each person has had a lasting influence and an ethical lesson can be found in each story. (Goodreads)
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length3 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 13, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFATORY NOTE
25HOW A PRINCE LEARNED TO READ
2SAVING THE BIRDS
26"READ, AND YOU WILL KNOW"
3ANOTHER BIRD STORY
27THE YOUNG CUPBEARER
4SPEAKING A PIECE
28THE SONS OF THE CALIPH
5WRITING A COMPOSITION
29THE BOY AND THE ROBBERS
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6THE WHISTLE
30THE GENERAL AND THE FOX
7THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD
31THE BOMB
8THE CALIPH AND THE POET
32SAVED BY A DOLPHIN
9"BECOS! BECOS! BECOS!"
33A CLEVER SLAVE
10A LESSON IN HUMILITY
34ONE OF AESOP'S FABLES
11THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
35THE DARK DAY
12THE BOY AND THE WOLF
36THE SURLY GUEST
13ANOTHER WOLF STORY
37THE STORY OF A GREAT STORY
14THE HORSESHOE NAILS
38THE KING AND THE PAGE
15THE LANDLORD'S MISTAKE
39THE HUNTED KING
16A LESSON IN MANNERS
40WHY HE CARRIED THE TURKEY
17GOING TO SEA
41THE PADDLE-WHEEL BOAT
18THE SHEPHERD-BOY PAINTER
42THE CALIPH AND THE GARDENER
19TWO GREAT PAINTERS
43THE COWHERD WHO BECAME A POET
20THE KING AND THE BEES
44THE LOVER OF MEN
21OUR FIRST GREAT PAINTER
45THE CHARCOAL MAN AND THE KING
22THE YOUNG SCOUT
46WHICH WAS THE KING?
23THE LAD WHO RODE SIDESADDLE
47THE GOLDEN TRIPOD
24THE WHISPERERS
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