Fables for the Frivolous
Author(s): Guy Wetmore Carryl
Genre(s): Humorous Fiction, Poetry, Single Author
Narrators: Chriss The Girl, Khoa Tran, Peter Katt, Noam Yogev, David Barnes, Betsie Bush, Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023), Denny Sayers (d. 2015), Joyce Nussbaum, Gesine, Justine Young
Number of Chapters: 20
Length: 52 minutes
Language: English
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 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. (Summary written by Chriss)