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