Fables for the Frivolous by Guy Wetmore Carryl ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]

Fables for the Frivolous by Guy Wetmore Carryl audiobook. Genre: poetry In Fables for the Frivolous, Guy Wetmore Carryl turns the familiar shape of the classic fable inside out, delivering a brisk collection of witty verse tales that end not with solemn instruction, but with sly punchlines and upside-down morals. Each short poem introduces a small cast of recognizable characters - vain social climbers, stubborn fools, self-satisfied experts, and a menagerie of animals who behave with all the charming pettiness of polite society. With a narrator who is equal parts storyteller and conspirator, Carryl sketches quick scenes of temptation, pride, miscommunication, and misplaced certainty, then snaps them shut with a concluding couplet that skewers the lesson you thought you were about to learn. The central conflict in these miniatures is almost always the same: a character's tidy worldview colliding with reality, and losing. Written with nimble rhyme and a satirist's eye for human habits, the book invites listeners to laugh at pretension, question easy wisdom, and enjoy language that lands like a well-timed wink. Light, sharp, and endlessly quotable, these fables are built for replay. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:02:57) Chapter 2 (00:05:38) Chapter 3 (00:08:20) Chapter 4 (00:10:23) Chapter 5 (00:12:45) Chapter 6 (00:15:05) Chapter 7 (00:17:03) Chapter 8 (00:19:12) Chapter 9 (00:21:58) Chapter 10 (00:23:51) Chapter 11 (00:26:04) Chapter 12 (00:28:30) Chapter 13 (00:30:35) Chapter 14 (00:33:06) Chapter 15 (00:35:38) Chapter 16 (00:37:57) Chapter 17 (00:40:16) Chapter 18 (00:42:31) Chapter 19 (00:44:29) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices