Fables for the Frivolous (Version 2)

Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873 - 1904)

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. (from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Humorous Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 THE AMBITIOUS FOX AND THE UNAPPROACHABLE GRAPES Phil Chenevert
00:02:57
Play 02 THE PERSEVERING TORTOISE AND THE PRETENTIOUS HARE Phil Chenevert
00:02:41
Play 03 THE PATRICIAN PEACOCKS AND THE OVERWEENING JAY Phil Chenevert
00:02:42
Play 04 THE ARROGANT FROG AND THE SUPERIOR BULL Phil Chenevert
00:02:03
Play 05 THE DOMINEERING EAGLE AND THE INVENTIVE BRATLING Phil Chenevert
00:02:22
Play 06 THE ICONOCLASTIC RUSTIC AND THE APROPOS ACORN Phil Chenevert
00:02:20
Play 07 THE UNUSUAL GOOSE AND THE IMBECILIC WOODCUTTER Phil Chenevert
00:01:58
Play 08 THE RUDE RAT AND THE UNOSTENTATIOUS OYSTER Phil Chenevert
00:02:09
Play 09 THE URBAN RAT AND THE SUBURBAN RAT Phil Chenevert
00:02:46
Play 10 THE IMPECUNIOUS CRICKET AND THE FRUGAL ANT Phil Chenevert
00:01:53
Play 11 THE PAMPERED LAPDOG AND THE MISGUIDED ASS Phil Chenevert
00:02:13
Play 12 THE VAINGLORIOUS OAK AND THE MODEST BULRUSH Phil Chenevert
00:02:26
Play 13 THE INHUMAN WOLF AND THE LAMB SANS GENE Phil Chenevert
00:02:05
Play 14 THE SYCOPHANTIC FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN Phil Chenevert
00:02:31
Play 15 THE MICROSCOPIC TROUT AND THE MACHIAVELIAN FISHERMAN Phil Chenevert
00:02:32
Play 16 THE CONFIDING PEASANT AND THE MALADROIT BEAR Phil Chenevert
00:02:19
Play 17 THE PRECIPITATE COCK AND THE UNAPPRECIATED PEARL Phil Chenevert
00:02:19
Play 18 THE ABBREVIATED FOX AND HIS SCEPTICAL COMRADES Phil Chenevert
00:02:15
Play 19 THE HOSPITABLE CALEDONIAN AND THE THANKLESS VIPER Phil Chenevert
00:01:59
Play 20 THE IMPETUOUS BREEZE AND THE DIPLOMATIC SUN Phil Chenevert
00:03:09