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Fantastic Fables

by Ambrose Bierce

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1899
Pages
213
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Read by Olga Geiling, laurakgibbs, Shelly Weingart and others · 3 h 15 min · 16 parts

  1. The Moral Principle and the Material Interest to The Critics

    11:56

  2. The Foolish Woman to The Cat and the King

    13:33

  3. The Literary Astronomer to The Life-Savers

    17:14

  4. The Australian Grasshopper to Physicians Two

    13:56

  5. The Overlooked Factor to The Crew of the Life-boat

    12:14

  6. A Treaty of Peace to The Power of the Scalawag

    16:29

  7. At Large - One Temper to Equipped for Service

    13:48

  8. The Basking Cyclone to Fortune and the Fabulist

    14:38

  9. A Smiling Idol to The Expatriated Boss

    15:22

  10. An Inadequate Fee to The Massacre

    11:40

  11. A Ship and a Man to The Man and the Bird

    11:00

  12. From the Minutes to The Dutiful Son

    12:31

  13. Aesopus Emendatus: Part 1

    7:21

  14. Aesopus Emendatus: Part 2

    7:39

  15. Aesopus Emendatus: Part 3

    7:41

  16. Old Saws with New Teeth

    8:26

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A narrow bridge becomes a contest between principle and profit in the opening fable of Ambrose Bierce's 1899 collection. Abstract ideas take speaking parts, while rulers, officials, writers and animals populate the other short pieces. Their arguments turn respectable claims into revealing contradictions. An inventor, for example, offers a king both protective armour and a weapon designed to defeat it, making patriotic language part of a commercial bargain.

The middle excerpt carries the same dry humour into exploration, wealth and literary work. An explorer seeking glory faces questions about the value of his discovery, while an editor treats a poem as a report requiring facts. Brief scenes and sharp exchanges allow Bierce to expose vanity, self-interest and the misuse of authority with little explanation.

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Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) was an American journalist and author known for his sardonic wit, Civil War tales, and horror stories. He mysteriously vanished in Mexico around 1914.

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Book facts

First published
1899
Reading time
About 2 hours
Pages
213
Language
English
Genre
Satire
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Olga Geiling, laurakgibbs, Shelly Weingart and others