Guy Wetmore Carryl: FABLES FOR THE FRIVOLOUS
Guy Wetmore Carryl
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.
Duration - 21h 42m.
Author - Guy Wetmore Carryl.
Narrator - philip chenevert.
Published Date - Monday, 01 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Description:
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. Duration - 21h 42m. Author - Guy Wetmore Carryl. Narrator - philip chenevert. Published Date - Monday, 01 January 2024.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:09:38
THE AMBITIOUS FOX AND THE UNAPPROACHABLE GRAPES
Duration:02:45:19
THE PERSEVERING TORTOISE AND THE PRETENTIOUS HARE
Duration:02:37:45
THE PATRICIAN PEACOCKS AND THE OVERWEENING JAY
Duration:02:37:04
THE ARROGANT FROG AND THE SUPERIOR BULL
Duration:01:58:45
THE DOMINEERING EAGLE AND THE INVENTIVE BRATLING
Duration:02:16:24
THE ICONOCLASTIC RUSTIC AND THE APROPOS ACORN
Duration:02:15:14
THE UNUSUAL GOOSE AND THE IMBECILIC WOODCUTTER
Duration:01:53:47
THE RUDE RAT AND THE UNOSTENTATIOUS OYSTER
Duration:02:03:43
THE URBAN RAT AND THE SUBURBAN RAT
Duration:02:03:53
THE IMPECUNIOUS CRICKET AND THE FRUGAL ANT
Duration:01:47:34
THE PAMPERED LAPDOG AND THE MISGUIDED ASS
Duration:02:07:50
THE VAINGLORIOUS OAK AND THE MODEST BULRUSH
Duration:02:21:45
THE INHUMAN WOLF AND THE LAMB SANS GENE
Duration:02:00:46
THE SYCOPHANTIC FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN
Duration:02:25:02
THE MICROSCOPIC TROUT AND THE MACHIAVELIAN FISHERMAN
Duration:02:26:35
THE CONFIDING PEASANT AND THE MALADROIT BEAR
Duration:02:14:41
THE PRECIPITATE COCK AND THE UNAPPRECIATED PEARL
Duration:02:13:45
THE ABBREVIATED FOX AND HIS SCEPTICAL COMRADES
Duration:02:09:24
THE HOSPITABLE CALEDONIAN AND THE THANKLESS VIPER
Duration:01:53:19
THE IMPETUOUS BREEZE AND THE DIPLOMATIC SUN
Duration:03:04:07
Ending Credits
Duration:00:16:05